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Spell Bee Word: Beige


What does beige mean?

Word: Beige

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Beige means a pale, light brown colour, like sand or milky tea.

Word origin: From French beige, the colour of natural, undyed wool.

How do you spell beige?

Syllables: beige

Tricky part: The e comes before the i. Here ei says ay, the same sound as in eight.

Watch out for: baige, bayge

Memory tip: Eight and weigh say ay with the e first, and so does beige. When ei sounds like ay, the e goes before the i.

Beige in a sentence

Example 1: My school socks are beige.

Example 2: The walls of our new flat are painted beige.

Example 3: Dadi wore a beige shawl to the temple.

Fun Fact

Beige is called a neutral colour because it goes well with almost any other colour, which is why it is so common on walls and sofas.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) lavendar
b) turqoise
c) beige
d) majenta

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c) beige. The other three colours are misspelt: lavender ends in der, magenta needs a g, and turquoise has a u after the q.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

beidge

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

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d) d. There is no d in beige, even though its soft end sounds a little like the j in jam.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Papa chose a beig sofa and two blue cushions for the hall.

a) chose
b) hall
c) beig
d) cushions

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c) beig. This colour word needs an e at the very end.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gieeb

a) bgeie
b) beige
c) gbeie
d) beieg

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b) beige. Unscramble it into the pale brown colour of sand; the e and i stay side by side.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is most often beige?

a) a fresh leaf
b) a crow's feather
c) a plain biscuit
d) a ripe tomato

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c) a plain biscuit

2. Which animal's coat is closest to beige?

a) a camel's
b) a crow's
c) a parrot's
d) a flamingo's

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a) a camel's

Associated Words

More Class 3 Summer Spell Bee words starting with be: benefit, belong, bedrock

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coach, disgust, freight, irate, muscle, puppet, soul, Wednesday

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