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Spell Bee Word: Camera


What does camera mean?

Word: Camera

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Camera means a device used to take photos or make videos.

How do you spell camera?

Syllables: cam - er - a

Tricky part: We say it fast, so the middle e is easy to drop, and children write camra.

Watch out for: camra, camara

Memory tip: Think of the e in camera as the camera's eye: the lens sits right in the middle.

Camera in a sentence

Example 1: Papa took our photo with his camera.

Example 2: Smile for the camera.

Example 3: The laptop has a tiny camera above the screen.

Fun Fact

Camera is a Latin word for a room or chamber. The first cameras were dark rooms with a tiny hole that let in light.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) video
b) picture
c) photo
d) kamera

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d) kamera. Kamera has the wrong first letter; camera starts with c.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

mearca

a) carema
b) macera
c) acmera
d) camera

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d) camera. The quiet e sits in the middle; the other letters follow the sounds.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

cammera

a) c
b) m
c) a
d) e

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b) m. The m should stand alone: cam-er-a.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

camer_

a) e
b) u
c) a
d) o

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c) a. Camera ends with an a, like banana.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who uses a camera at work every day?

a) a tailor
b) a plumber
c) a baker
d) a photographer

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d) a photographer

2. A camera is built into most ____.

a) radios
b) calculators
c) mobile phones
d) torches

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c) mobile phones

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ca: cage, careless, carrot, caravan, catch, cart

More words from this list

dancer, flight, imagine, need, release, solid, unable, August

Next steps

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