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Spell Bee Word: Bridge


What does bridge mean?

Word: Bridge

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Bridge means something built over a river, road or railway so that people and vehicles can cross from one side to the other.

How do you spell bridge?

Syllables: bridge

Tricky part: The j sound at the end is spelt dge, as in fridge and badge. Children often forget the d.

Watch out for: brige, bridj, bridje

Memory tip: Picture a bridge with a big D painted on its side: the d hides just before the ge.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. cross that bridge when you come to it: deal with a problem only when it actually happens Example: "Don't worry about the trip yet; we will cross that bridge when we come to it."

Bridge in a sentence

Example 1: A long bridge crosses the river near our town.

Example 2: We stopped on the bridge to watch the boats.

Example 3: The old wooden bridge creaked as we walked over it.

Fun Fact

The Chenab Rail Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir stands about 359 metres above the river, making it the highest railway arch bridge in the world.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) canall
b) rivver
c) bridge
d) railwey

Show answer

c) bridge. River has one v, railway ends in way and canal ends in a single l; bridge is spelt right.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandpa told us about the old stone bredge in his village.

a) Grandpa
b) bredge
c) stone
d) village

Show answer

b) bredge. The vowel of bridge is a short i, the sound you hear in ridge and fridge.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gdbire

a) bdirge
b) bridge
c) rbidge
d) birdge

Show answer

b) bridge. Br opens the word and dge closes it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A bridge that carries one road over another road is called a:

a) tunnel
b) flyover
c) subway
d) roundabout

Show answer

b) flyover

2. The bridge of your nose is:

a) the soft round tip
b) the two small holes
c) the skin under it
d) the bony top part

Show answer

d) the bony top part

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Next steps

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