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Spell Bee Word: Brain


What does brain mean?

Word: Brain

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Brain means the soft part inside your head that helps you think, learn, remember and move.

How do you spell brain?

Syllables: brain

Tricky part: The long a sound is made by a-i. Some children write brane or brean, which sound right but look wrong.

Watch out for: brane, brean

Memory tip: Brain spells its long a with a and i side by side, the same pair you see in paint and snail.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. rack your brain: think very hard to remember or solve something Example: "I racked my brain but could not recall her name."

Brain in a sentence

Example 1: Your brain tells your legs to run.

Example 2: Sleep helps the brain rest.

Example 3: Reading stories is good exercise for the brain.

Fun Fact

An adult human brain weighs about 1.3 to 1.4 kilograms, roughly as much as a small bag of rice.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

brain

a) mind
b) heart
c) face
d) hand

Show answer

a) mind. Mind is the thinking part of us, which is what the brain does.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

brai_

a) t
b) k
c) m
d) n

Show answer

d) n. Hum the end of brain and you hear the n.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) brainn
b) brain
c) braine
d) bain

Show answer

b) brain. Brain starts with the b-r blend and has no silent e or doubled letter.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My brain works hard on a tricky puzle.

a) brain
b) works
c) puzle
d) tricky

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c) puzle. Puzzle has a double z in the middle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Your brain sends messages to the rest of your body along your ____.

a) hair
b) nerves
c) bones
d) nails

Show answer

b) nerves

2. Which game makes you use your brain the most?

a) a sack race
b) a crossword
c) a tug of war
d) a relay race

Show answer

b) a crossword

Associated Words

Words that end in -ain: chain, explain, certain, mountain, again, fountain

More words from this list

continue, fame, gull, marigold, pollution, ship, tie, aim

Next steps

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