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Spell Bee Word: Bounce


Basic Details

Word: Bounce

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To spring back up after hitting something hard, as a ball does on the floor. People bounce too, when they jump up and down.

Synonyms: spring, rebound

How to Spell Bounce

Syllables: bounce

Tricky part: The s sound at the end is spelt ce, as in ounce and pounce. Children often write bounse.

Watch out for: bounse, bownce, bouns

Memory tip: An ounce of rubber helps a ball bounce: the word ounce sits right inside b-ounce.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Bounce the ball twice before you serve.

Example 2: The children love to bounce on the big bed at Nani's house.

Example 3: Raindrops bounce off the tin roof with a loud patter.

Fun Fact

A dropped rubber ball never bounces back to the height it fell from, because some of its energy turns into heat and sound each time it hits the floor.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) pounse
b) ownce
c) anounce
d) bounce

Show answer

d) bounce. Bounce ends in ce; pounse and ownce spell that sound wrongly, and announce needs a double n.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nucebo

a) boucne
b) bounce
c) bonuce
d) buonce

Show answer

b) bounce. The ou comes after b, and ce comes last.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Watch the ball bounse twice before you hit it with the bat.

a) before
b) twice
c) bounse
d) Watch

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c) bounse. The s sound in bounce is written with ce.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these bounces best?

a) a rubber ball
b) a wet towel
c) a lump of clay
d) a pillow

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a) a rubber ball

2. The ball bounced off the wall. This means the ball:

a) stuck to the wall
b) broke the wall
c) rolled under the wall
d) hit the wall and sprang back

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d) hit the wall and sprang back

Associated Words

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