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Spell Bee Word: Change


What does change mean?

Word: Change

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Change means to make something different, or to become different. You change your clothes when you put on other ones.

How do you spell change?

Syllables: change

Tricky part: The j sound near the end is spelt ge, as in orange and huge.

Watch out for: chanj, chanje

Memory tip: G and e work as a team at the end of change: together they make the soft j sound, just as in huge.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. change your mind: To make a new choice instead of the first one. Example: "I wanted mango ice cream, but I changed my mind and took chocolate."

Change in a sentence

Example 1: Please change into your school shoes.

Example 2: The traffic light will change to green soon.

Example 3: Leaves change colour before they fall.

Fun Fact

A caterpillar changes into a butterfly inside a hard case called a chrysalis.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) chainge
b) chenge
c) chaynge
d) change

Show answer

d) change. Change has just one vowel, a, after the ch.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gnecha

a) cnahge
b) chnage
c) cahnge
d) change

Show answer

d) change. The word ends with ge.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

c_ange

a) h
b) l
c) r
d) t

Show answer

a) h. Ch, not c alone, starts change.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

channge

a) e
b) g
c) n
d) a

Show answer

c) n. Change has a single n.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A tadpole changes into a ____.

a) frog
b) snake
c) fish
d) duck

Show answer

a) frog

2. What is an example of a change?

a) a rock sitting still
b) a book left on a shelf
c) a wall staying white
d) ice melting into water

Show answer

d) ice melting into water

Associated Words

Words that end in -nge: sponge, challenge, arrange

More words from this list

different, Friday, keep, origin, ripple, storm, whisper, banyan

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