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Spell Bee Word: University

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What does university mean?

Word: University

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: University means a large place of learning where grown-up students study a subject in depth.

How do you spell university?

Syllables: u - ni - ver - si - ty

Tricky part: Five beats. The fourth beat is si with an s, not ci, even though city sounds the same.

Watch out for: univercity, universty, yuniversity

Memory tip: Uni means one, as in unicorn. A university brings many subjects together in one place.

University in a sentence

Example 1: My sister studies at a university in London.

Example 2: The university is close to our house.

Example 3: Mateo wants to go to university and become an engineer.

Fun Fact

Nalanda in Bihar is often called one of the world's first universities. More than 1,500 years ago students travelled from faraway lands to study there.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) univursity
b) univarsity
c) univirsity
d) university

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d) university. The middle beat is ver, with an e.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

virytinesu

a) uinversity
b) university
c) unievrsity
d) universtiy

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b) university. Each wrong choice swaps two letters that sit side by side.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

univerrsity

a) s
b) v
c) e
d) r

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d) r. University has one r; the second r here is extra.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My cusin studies at a big university.

a) cusin
b) studies
c) big
d) university

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a) cusin. Cousin has ou after the c, as in country.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these people teaches at a university?

a) a chef
b) a pilot
c) a professor
d) a tailor

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c) a professor

2. Where in a university would you go to borrow books?

a) the canteen
b) the library
c) the sports ground
d) the car park

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b) the library

Associated Words

Words that end in -ity: gravity, electricity, reality, ability, sensitivity, activity

More words from this list

argument, cedar, doughnut, goldfish, jackal, mountain, quilt, soon

Next steps

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