Spell Bee Word: Bathe

What does bathe mean?

Word: Bathe

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Bathe means to wash a part of your body, such as a cut or a sore eye, gently with water. It can also mean to swim or play in a river, a lake or the sea.

How do you spell bathe?

Syllables: bathe

Tricky part: Children often stop at bath. Bathe needs one more letter at the end, a silent e.

Watch out for: bahte, bathee

Memory tip: Bathe has a silent e at the end, like the drop of water still on you after a swim.

Bathe in a sentence

Example 1: Bathe the cut with clean water before you put on a plaster.

Example 2: The children love to bathe in the village pond.

Example 3: On hot afternoons, the buffaloes bathe in the muddy river.

Fun Fact

In British English people usually say have a bath, or bath the baby. Using bathe for washing your whole body is mostly American English.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) baithe
b) baathe
c) baythe
d) bathe

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

hteab

a) bhtae
b) btahe
c) bhate
d) bathe

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

batthe

a) e
b) t
c) a
d) h

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

bat_e

a) n
b) s
c) k
d) h

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On hot days, buffaloes bathe in the river. Why do they do it?

a) to hide from the rain
b) to sleep for the night
c) to keep cool
d) to find their food

2. Grandpa wants to bathe in the sea this morning. Where will he go?

a) to the station
b) to the beach
c) to the market
d) to the library