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Spell Bee Word: Brick

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What does brick mean?

Word: Brick

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Brick means a hard block, usually red, used for building walls.

How do you spell brick?

Syllables: brick

Tricky part: The k sound at the end is written with two letters, c and then k. A c on its own or a k on its own is not enough.

Watch out for: bric, brikk

Memory tip: Picture the end of the word as a tiny wall: c and k are two bricks laid side by side, the c first.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. hit a brick wall: To reach a point where you cannot go any further with something. Example: "Ben hit a brick wall with the puzzle, so he asked his sister for a clue."

Brick in a sentence

Example 1: The workers carried the bricks on their heads.

Example 2: Our old school has red brick walls.

Example 3: Meena built a tiny brick wall for her toy farm.

Fun Fact

Parts of the Great Wall of China were built with bricks, millions of them, made in kilns near the wall.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) window
b) breck
c) cement
d) ladder

Show answer

b) breck. Brick has the short i sound of sit and pin, not the e of bed.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ibrkc

a) brick
b) brcik
c) bicrk
d) birck

Show answer

a) brick. Only one of these orders gives the red block that builders lay in rows.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

clay, ____, wall, house

a) iron
b) brick
c) glass
d) wood

Show answer

b) brick. Clay is baked into bricks, bricks are laid to make a wall, and walls make a house.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

b_ick

a) r
b) n
c) w
d) l

Show answer

a) r. Brick starts with br, as bread and bring do.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do builders spread between bricks to hold them together?

a) tape
b) glue
c) cement
d) paint

Show answer

c) cement

2. Bricks are made by shaping and then baking ____.

a) sand
b) clay
c) plastic
d) wood

Show answer

b) clay

Associated Words

Words that end in -ick: thick, click, stick, quick, candlestick, homesick

More words from this list

crocodile, foot, highlighter, magnet, picture, sweatshirt, workbook, bookmark

Next steps

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