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Spell Bee Word: Cave


What does cave mean?

Word: Cave

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cave means a big hollow space in the side of a hill or under the ground.

How do you spell cave?

Syllables: cave

Tricky part: The e at the end is silent, but it makes the a say its name. Without the e you would have cav.

Watch out for: caive, cayve

Memory tip: The quiet e at the end works like a torch in a dark cave: it lights up the a so it says its name.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. cave in: To fall down inwards. Example: "The roof of the old hut caved in after the heavy rain."

Cave in a sentence

Example 1: A lion rested in the cave after its hunt.

Example 2: Our class made a paper cave for the school play.

Example 3: We heard our voices echo inside the cave.

Fun Fact

The oldest of the Ajanta caves in Maharashtra were cut into the rock by hand more than two thousand years ago, and many of their walls are covered with old paintings.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) mountain
b) forest
c) river
d) kave

Show answer

d) kave. Cave begins with c, as cat does.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

vaec

a) vace
b) cave
c) acve
d) vcae

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b) cave. The quiet e goes at the very end.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

cavve

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

Show answer

c) v. Cave has only one v; English words very seldom double a v.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animal often sleeps hanging upside down in a cave?

a) a goat
b) a frog
c) a crow
d) a bat

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d) a bat

2. Why do people take a torch into a cave?

a) It is dark inside.
b) It is full of water.
c) It is cold inside.
d) It is noisy inside.

Show answer

a) It is dark inside.

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ca: capital, camera, carrot, careless, carry, calm

More words from this list

dentist, forget, joyful, nurse, rickshaw, spring, walk, baker

Next steps

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