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Spell Bee Word: Cheese


What does cheese mean?

Word: Cheese

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cheese means a food made from milk. It can be soft or hard, and paneer is a kind of fresh cheese.

How do you spell cheese?

Syllables: cheese

Tricky part: The long e sound is spelt ee, as in see and teeth.

Watch out for: chese, chiese

Memory tip: Say cheese for a photo and show your teeth: cheese and teeth both have ee in the middle.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. say cheese: What a photographer asks you to say so that you smile. Example: "The photographer asked us all to say cheese, and we gave a big smile."

Cheese in a sentence

Example 1: Papa put cheese on my sandwich.

Example 2: Rahul cut the cheese into small cubes.

Example 3: We grated cheese over the pasta.

Fun Fact

It takes about ten litres of milk to make one kilogram of hard cheese.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) honey
b) butter
c) cheeze
d) bread

Show answer

c) cheeze. The z sound in cheese is written with an s.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

seeche

a) chesee
b) cheese
c) cehees
d) cheees

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b) cheese. The two e's stay together.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandpa likes chees with his bread.

a) chees
b) Grandpa
c) likes
d) bread

Show answer

a) chees. Cheese ends with a quiet e.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

c_eese

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

Show answer

d) h. Cheese starts with ch, as in chair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In many stories, who loves to nibble cheese?

a) a horse
b) a cow
c) a mouse
d) a parrot

Show answer

c) a mouse

2. Where should you keep cheese so that it stays fresh?

a) in the fridge
b) in the sun
c) on the windowsill
d) in a cupboard

Show answer

a) in the fridge

Associated Words

chartfinchprettygroundhot-air balloon
novemberteafoolishmondaycheek

More words from this list

dove, gargle, koala, papaya, salt, Sunday, wrist, beard

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

Step 1: Visit the registration page and complete the registration with your desired subject.

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Step 3: After login, go to dashboard and click on Book slot/Take Exam

Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

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