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Spell Bee Word: Across


What does across mean?

Word: Across

Part of Speech: Preposition

Meaning: Across means from one side of something to the other side.

How do you spell across?

Syllables: a - cross

Tricky part: Only one c, but two s's at the end. Many children put the double letter in the wrong place, or drop one of the s's.

Watch out for: acrose, akross

Memory tip: One cat, two snakes: across has one c near the front and two hissing s's at the end.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. come across: To find or meet something by chance. Example: "I came across an old photo of Grandma in the cupboard."

Across in a sentence

Example 1: We walked across the bridge to the park.

Example 2: The ducks swam across the pond.

Example 3: A rainbow stretched across the sky.

Fun Fact

A crossword puzzle has two lists of clues, one called Across and one called Down.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) garden
b) picnic
c) window
d) acruss

Show answer

d) acruss. The vowel after acr is o, as in cross; picnic, garden and window are spelt right.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

across

a) under
b) behind
c) inside
d) over

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d) over. A bridge that goes across a river goes over it, from one bank to the other.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

_cross

a) a
b) u
c) e
d) i

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a) a. Across starts with a, just as away and ahead do.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

scaros

a) arcoss
b) acorss
c) acrsos
d) across

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d) across. Read each choice aloud: only one says the word for going from one side to the other.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mira swam across the pool. Where did she end up?

a) at the far end
b) in the middle
c) back where she began
d) at the very bottom

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a) at the far end

2. You write your name across the top of the page. Which way does it go?

a) from top to bottom
b) from left to right
c) from bottom to top
d) round in a circle

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b) from left to right

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with a: arrow, advance, agent, arrive, address, again

More words from this list

bungalow, daughter, hornet, march, pleasant, shelf, yard, broom

Next steps

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