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Spell Bee Word: Carve


What does carve mean?

Word: Carve

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Carve means to shape wood, stone or food by slicing pieces away carefully, or to slice cooked meat.

How do you spell carve?

Syllables: carve

Tricky part: The word ends in a silent e, so children often stop at carv. Do not mix it up with curve, a smooth bend in a line.

Watch out for: carv, carev

Memory tip: English words almost never end in v, so carve needs an e after it, just like have, give and love.

Carve in a sentence

Example 1: The sculptor will carve an elephant out of this stone.

Example 2: Papa helped me carve a pumpkin face.

Example 3: Old stone buildings in Hampi have animals carved on their pillars.

Fun Fact

At Ellora in Maharashtra, one huge building was carved out of a single rock, worked from the top downwards.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: carve

a) join
b) paint
c) cut
d) mend

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c) cut. When you carve, you cut into something to shape it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) carve
b) sandpapper
c) sculpcher
d) hammar

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a) carve. Sculpture ends in ture, hammer has er, and paper in sandpaper has one p in the middle.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandpa used a small knife to karve a bird from soft wood.

a) wood
b) knife
c) bird
d) karve

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d) karve. Carve starts with c, like cat.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

carrve

a) v
b) r
c) a
d) e

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b) r. Carve has just one r, straight after the a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Children often practise carving with a small knife on ____.

a) a granite rock
b) a bar of soap
c) a steel spoon
d) a glass bottle

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b) a bar of soap

2. A stone carver's main tool is ____.

a) a screwdriver
b) a chisel
c) a spanner
d) a paintbrush

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b) a chisel

Associated Words

Words that end in -rve: observe, preserve, swerve

More words from this list

daring, fascinating, honour, magazine, phrase, sensitivity, trait, anticipation

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