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Spell Bee Word: Cage


What does cage mean?

Word: Cage

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cage means a box or room with bars or wire, used to keep a bird or animal inside.

How do you spell cage?

Syllables: cage

Tricky part: Cage starts with c, not k, even though it begins with a k sound.

Watch out for: kage, kaje

Memory tip: A cat in a cage: cat and cage both start with c.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. rattle someone's cage: annoy or upset someone on purpose Example: "Stop teasing your brother just to rattle his cage."

Cage in a sentence

Example 1: The parrot sang in its cage.

Example 2: Please close the cage door.

Example 3: The hamster's cage has a little wheel.

Fun Fact

Your rib cage is a cage too: a set of curved bones in your chest that guards your heart and lungs.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) caige
b) cayge
c) cage
d) caage

Show answer

c) cage. Cage spells its long a with a alone; the e at the end does the rest.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

ca_e

a) g
b) j
c) z
d) b

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a) g. The j sound in cage is spelt with a g.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gace

a) cgae
b) caeg
c) cage
d) ceag

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c) cage. With c first, only one order lets the g say j.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is NOT usually kept in a cage?

a) a budgie
b) a parrot
c) a cow
d) a hamster

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c) a cow

2. Why does a bird's cage have gaps between its bars?

a) so the cage is heavy
b) so the bird can fly off
c) so air and light get in
d) so rain stays outside

Show answer

c) so air and light get in

Associated Words

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robinsailorpantsgoatfloat

More words from this list

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Next steps

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