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Spell Bee Word: Weekend


What does weekend mean?

Word: Weekend

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Weekend means saturday and Sunday, the two days when most schools and offices are closed.

How do you spell weekend?

Syllables: week - end

Tricky part: The first part is week, the seven-day kind, spelt with ee; weak with ea means not strong.

Watch out for: weakend, weakand, wekend

Memory tip: The two e's are like two eyes looking forward to Saturday.

Weekend in a sentence

Example 1: We visit Nani every weekend.

Example 2: This weekend we are going to the zoo.

Example 3: I finish my homework on Friday so the weekend is free.

Fun Fact

Not every country rests on the same days. In Saudi Arabia, for example, the weekend is Friday and Saturday.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) weekind
b) weekend
c) weekand
d) weekent

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b) weekend. Only weekend has nothing missing, added or changed.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

deknewe

a) weeknde
b) weekedn
c) weekned
d) weekend

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d) weekend. The other three mix up the last three letters.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) outting
b) weekend
c) picnik
d) holliday

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b) weekend. Holiday has one l, picnic ends in c, and outing has one t.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

On the weekend, Asha and I went to the musium with Papa.

a) weekend
b) musium
c) Asha
d) Papa

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b) musium. Museum has an e before the u.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If today is Friday, how many days are left until the weekend begins?

a) one
b) two
c) five
d) three

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a) one

2. Rahul says, 'See you after the weekend.' On which day will he see you?

a) Monday
b) Saturday
c) Sunday
d) Friday

Show answer

a) Monday

Associated Words

storebeneficialexplodecontemptafford
repulsiveguiltislandnotebookappearance

Next steps

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