Spelling Bee
Spelling Bee (Primary 4)
1. Fearless
Meaning: having no fear
Sentence: John was fearless in the face of danger.
2. Grumble
Meaning: to complain about someone or something in an annoyed way
Sentence: "You never help with the housework," she grumbled.
3. Interesting
Meaning: Someone or something that is interesting keeps your attention because he, she, or it is unusual, exciting, or has a lot of ideas
Sentence: The history of the place was really interesting.
4. Severe
Meaning: causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; very serious
Sentence: Danielle was in severe pain after she tumbled down the flight of stairs.
5. Exaggerate
Meaning: to make something seem larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is
Sentence: He tends to exaggerate when talking about his accomplishments.
6. Immediately
Sentence: Please report to the police office immediately.
8. Applause
Meaning: the sound of people clapping their hands repeatedly to show enjoyment or approval of something such as a performance or speech:
Sentence: His speech received loud applause.
Spelling Bee (Primary 5)
1. Argument
Meaning: a disagreement, or the process of disagreeing
Sentence: He got into an argument with Jeff last night.
2. Victorious
Meaning: having won a game, competition, election, war, etc.
Sentence: Woodgrove Primary School emerged victorious after a two hour-long match.
3. Petrified
Meaning: extremely frightened
Sentence: She's petrified of being on her own in the house at night.
4. Sacrifice
Meaning: to give up something that is valuable to you in order to help another person
Sentence: We had to make sacrifices in order to pay for our children's education.
5. Courageous
Sentence: The courageous firefighters rushed into the burning building to save the trapped women and children.
6. Perseverance
Meaning: continued effort to do or achieve something, even when this is difficult or takes a long time
Sentence: Eventually, her perseverance paid off and she won the chess match.
7. Embarrassed
Spelling Bee (Primary 6)
1. Aggressive
Meaning: Showing anger and a willingness to attack other people
Sentence: If I criticize him, he gets aggressive and starts shouting.
2. Convenient
Meaning: Near or easy to get to or use
Sentence: It's very convenient for me to get to school.
3. Curiosity
Sentence: I read up on evolution out of curiosity.
4. Subtle
Meaning: Not loud, bright, noticeable, or obvious
Sentence: The subtle nuances of English pronunciation are hard to master.
Meaning: Feeling shocked, usually because of something you were not expecting
Sentence: When they announced her name, the winner just sat there, flabbergasted.
6. Mediocre
Meaning: Just acceptable but not good
Sentence: The dinner was delicious, but the dessert was mediocre.
7. Reminisce
Meaning: To talk or write about past experiences that you remember with pleasure
Sentence: My grandfather used to reminisce about his years in the navy.