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Spell Bee Word: Various


What does various mean?

Word: Various

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: of several kinds, not all the same.

Synonyms: several, assorted

How do you spell various?

Syllables: var - i - ous

Tricky part: The ending is ious, with three vowels in a row. It is easy to drop the i and write varous.

Watch out for: varous, variuos

Memory tip: Say the ending slowly as ee-us: the ee sound is the i, and then ous follows, just like in serious.

Various in a sentence

Example 1: The market in Jaipur sells various kinds of bangles.

Example 2: We planted various seeds in the school garden and waited to see what came up.

Example 3: My cousin has lived in various cities, from Kochi to Delhi.

Fun Fact

It comes from a Latin word that described something with many colours or markings, and so came to mean of many kinds.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) famous
b) verious
c) enormous
d) nervous

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b) verious. The first vowel in this word is an a, not an e.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

various

a) careful
b) identical
c) different
d) single

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c) different. Various books are books of different kinds.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

varrious

a) u
b) r
c) o
d) i

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b) r. Only one r sits after the a in this word.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The zoo in our city has various animals, from tigers to jiraffes.

a) animals
b) various
c) tigers
d) jiraffes

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d) jiraffes. Giraffes starts with a g, even though it sounds like a j.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If a shop sells various toys, what will you find there?

a) broken toys
b) only one toy
c) many kinds of toys
d) no toys at all

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c) many kinds of toys

2. Which of these is most likely to come in various flavours?

a) white sugar
b) ice cream
c) tap water
d) table salt

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b) ice cream

Associated Words

Words that end in -rious: mysterious, hilarious, industrious, gregarious, luxurious

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: several

More words from this list

attractive, championship, desktop, fireplace, ideal, material, popcorn, silent

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