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Spell Bee Word: Bronze


What does bronze mean?

Word: Bronze

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Bronze means a hard reddish-brown metal made by mixing copper with a little tin.

How do you spell bronze?

Syllables: bronze

Tricky part: It ends in -nze, with a silent e after the z. Children often stop at bronz or write the z as s.

Watch out for: bronz, bronse

Memory tip: Froze and bronze both end in z with a silent e. Think of a bronze medal that froze in the snow.

Bronze in a sentence

Example 1: Our relay team won the bronze medal.

Example 2: The school bell is made of bronze.

Example 3: Her hair shone bronze in the evening sun.

Fun Fact

Bronze was so important to early people that a whole period of history, the Bronze Age, is named after it.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?

bronze

a) zone
b) zebra
c) bone
d) born

Show answer

b) zebra. There is no a in bronze, so zebra cannot be made.

Spell Spies

Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:

Grandma polishes the bronze vase every Fryday until it shines.

a) bronze and Fryday
b) only vase
c) only Fryday
d) polishes and shines

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c) only Fryday. Bronze is right; Friday has an i after the r.

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

br_nze

a) u
b) oo
c) o
d) a

Show answer

c) o. The vowel after br is a single o.

Sound Check

Which of the following words rhymes with the given word?

bronze

a) stones
b) zones
c) swans
d) bands

Show answer

c) swans. Swans ends with the same short 'o' and 'nz' sound as bronze, even though it is spelt with a and s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a race, who usually gets a bronze medal?

a) every runner who finishes
b) the runner who comes second
c) the runner who comes first
d) the runner who comes third

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d) the runner who comes third

2. Which of these is often made of bronze?

a) a statue
b) a paper kite
c) a rubber ball
d) a cotton shirt

Show answer

a) a statue

Associated Words

More Class 3 Winter Spell Bee words starting with b: being, bracket, bathrobe, bough, blame, buttercup

More words from this list

crease, driveway, gurgle, marble, postcard, spicy, temperature, woman

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