Spell Bee Word: Beep

What does beep mean?

Word: Beep

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Beep means a short, high sound made by a machine, a horn or an alarm.

How do you spell beep?

Syllables: beep

Tricky part: The long ee sound is spelt with two e's, side by side.

Watch out for: beap, bep

Memory tip: Two quick beeps, two e's: b-e-e-p.

Beep in a sentence

Example 1: The microwave gave a beep when the milk was hot.

Example 2: Papa heard a beep from his phone.

Example 3: The car horn went beep beep in the traffic.

Fun Fact

The first satellite, Sputnik 1, sent back a simple beep-beep radio signal in 1957 that people could hear on their radios.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) alarm
b) whistle
c) siren
d) beepe

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d) beepe. Beep stops at the p; no e comes after it.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

bee_

a) m
b) c
c) p
d) g

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c) p. Close your lips at the end of beep: that sound is p.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

epeb

a) bpee
b) beep
c) peeb
d) eebp

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b) beep. The two e's stay together in the middle of the word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What beeps when the shopkeeper scans what you buy?

a) the price tag
b) the billing machine
c) the shopping bag
d) the glass door

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b) the billing machine

2. A car horn can beep. Which other word is often used for the sound of a car horn?

a) honk
b) howl
c) hum
d) hiss

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a) honk

Associated Words

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Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

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