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Spell Bee Word: Barge


What does barge mean?

Word: Barge

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Barge means a long boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying goods.

How do you spell barge?

Syllables: barge

Tricky part: The j sound at the end is not spelt with a j. It is written with a g, and a silent e comes after it.

Watch out for: barj, barje

Memory tip: The e at the end makes no sound of its own. Its job is to make the g say j.

Barge in a sentence

Example 1: The barge carried heavy bags of sand across the water.

Example 2: A long barge loaded with sugar cane passed our little boat.

Example 3: Tara counted six barges going under the bridge.

Fun Fact

In England long ago, horses walking on a path beside the water pulled barges along with ropes.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

ba_ge

a) r
b) w
c) l
d) n

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a) r. Only r turns these letters into the word for the long, flat boat.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

baarge

a) e
b) r
c) a
d) g

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c) a. The long ah sound is still written with just one a.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gareb

a) abrge
b) brage
c) barge
d) bgare

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c) barge. Brage has the a and r the wrong way round, and the other two cannot be said.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) anchor
b) ferry
c) rivar
d) barge

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c) rivar. River ends in er, the same ending as water and paper.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would you be most likely to see a barge?

a) on a railway line
b) on a canal
c) on a runway
d) in a forest

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b) on a canal

2. How fast does a heavy barge usually go?

a) faster than a car
b) very fast
c) as fast as a speedboat
d) quite slowly

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d) quite slowly

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ba: balloon, baa, bathe, bake, banana, banker

More words from this list

chance, dice, frame, jungle, orange, ripe, stitch, wheel

Next steps

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