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Spell Bee Word: Bike


What does bike mean?

Word: Bike

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Bike means a bicycle. People also use the word for a motorbike.

How do you spell bike?

Syllables: bike

Tricky part: The e at the end is silent, but bike cannot do without it. Without the e, the i would sound short.

Watch out for: bik, biek

Memory tip: The silent e is like the stand on a bike: you hardly notice it, but the bike cannot stand up without it.

Bike in a sentence

Example 1: I ride my bike in the colony every evening.

Example 2: Chacha came home on his new bike.

Example 3: Park your bike near the gate, please.

Fun Fact

Bike began as a short, friendly form of the word bicycle more than a hundred years ago.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) pedal
b) scooter
c) byke
d) saddle

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c) byke. Bike is spelt with an i, not a y.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

bi_e

a) g
b) q
c) k
d) j

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c) k. The k sound in bike is spelt with k.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

unicycle, ____, tricycle, car

a) bus
b) boat
c) truck
d) bike

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d) bike. Count the wheels as you go: one, two, three, four. A bike has two.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Ravi rode his bike to his grandma's howse.

a) Ravi
b) rode
c) bike
d) howse

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d) howse. House spells its ow sound with ou, as in mouse.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What keeps your head safe when you ride a bike?

a) a hood
b) a helmet
c) a cap
d) a scarf

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b) a helmet

2. To make a bike move, you push the pedals round with your ____.

a) feet
b) hands
c) elbows
d) knees

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a) feet

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with b: banyan, brother, bowl, bubble, bathe, breeze

More words from this list

clap, duck, glass, lemonade, pebble, scissors, tall, young

Next steps

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