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Spell Bee Word: Air


What does air mean?

Word: Air

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Air means the gas all around us that we breathe. We cannot see it, but we feel it as wind.

Sounds like: heir (a person who will get a family's land or money later)

How do you spell air?

Syllables: air

Tricky part: Children add an e at the end, as in fire and hire, but air stops at the r.

Watch out for: aire, aier

Memory tip: Fire and hire end with an e, but air does not: it stops at the r.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. up in the air: Not yet decided. Example: "Our picnic plan is still up in the air."

Air in a sentence

Example 1: Open the window for fresh air.

Example 2: Plants need air and water.

Example 3: We pumped air into the flat cycle tyre.

Fun Fact

Air is mostly nitrogen. Oxygen, the gas we need, makes up only about one-fifth of it.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) aer
b) thunder
c) cloud
d) breeze

Show answer

a) aer. After the a in air comes an i, not an e.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

earth, water, fire, ____

a) sand
b) smoke
c) air
d) ice

Show answer

c) air. In the old Indian list of five elements, earth, water and fire are followed by air, and then space.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

_ir

a) o
b) a
c) u
d) e

Show answer

b) a. No other vowel fits: e, o or u in front of ir does not make a word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. You can pump air into one of these. Which one?

a) a lunch box
b) a football
c) a water bottle
d) a pencil box

Show answer

b) a football

2. Where is there no air to breathe?

a) in a garden
b) in a classroom
c) on the Moon
d) on a hill

Show answer

c) on the Moon

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: heir

More words from this list

bottom, cone, falcon, guava, maple, poet, sharp, throw

Next steps

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