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Spell Bee Word: Urge


What does urge mean?

Word: Urge

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Urge means to try hard to persuade someone to do something. As a noun, an urge is a sudden strong wish.

Synonyms: persuade, push

Antonyms: discourage

How do you spell urge?

Syllables: urge

Tricky part: The soft sound at the end, like the j in jam, is spelt ge: the e after the g keeps it soft.

Watch out for: urg, urdge, urje

Memory tip: Take the s off surge and you have urge. A surge of feeling is a strong urge.

Urge in a sentence

Example 1: Mum urged me to finish my glass of milk before school.

Example 2: I had a sudden urge to eat an ice cream on the way home.

Example 3: The posters at the station urge people to save water.

Fun Fact

Urge comes from the Latin urgere, to press or push. The word urgent grew from the same root.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

urge

a) forbid
b) delay
c) follow
d) encourage

Show answer

d) encourage. To encourage someone is to push them to act, as urging does.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The doctor will urge Grandpa to walk every evning after dinner.

a) urge
b) doctor
c) dinner
d) evning

Show answer

d) evning. Evening keeps the e after the v, just like even.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) erge
b) persuade
c) insist
d) convince

Show answer

a) erge. The word starts with ur, the same as urgent.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

regu

a) rug
b) surge
c) urge
d) gear

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c) urge. Surge needs an s, rug is one letter short, and gear has an a instead of a u.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 'I had an urge to laugh during the speech.' Here an urge is ____.

a) a reason to feel sorry
b) a joke told by a friend
c) a habit of many years
d) a feeling hard to hold back

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d) a feeling hard to hold back

2. When the teacher urges the class to read more, she ____.

a) strongly advises them to
b) asks them to stop
c) allows it if they wish
d) reads aloud to them

Show answer

a) strongly advises them to

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: discourage

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