Spell Bee Word: Coach

What does coach mean?

Word: Coach

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Coach means a person who teaches and guides a player or team in a sport; also a railway carriage or a long-distance bus.

How do you spell coach?

Syllables: coach

Tricky part: The vowel sound is spelt o-a, as in boat and road.

Watch out for: coch, cooch

Memory tip: Picture a coach with two passengers, o and a, sitting side by side in the middle.

Coach in a sentence

Example 1: Our cricket coach makes us run three rounds first.

Example 2: We sat in coach B4 of the Rajdhani Express.

Example 3: The coach clapped when Neha scored a goal.

Fun Fact

Students at Oxford in the 1800s called a private tutor a coach, as if he were a carriage carrying them through exams; sports borrowed the word later.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: coach

a) fan
b) player
c) student
d) trainer

Show answer

d) trainer. A coach trains players, so trainer means the same.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) captain
b) player
c) coatch
d) referee

Show answer

c) coatch. Coach ends in ch, with no t.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our train koach was right next to the pantry car.

a) pantry
b) koach
c) train
d) next

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b) koach. Coach begins with c, as car does.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before cars, rich families often travelled in a coach pulled by ____.

a) elephants
b) horses
c) donkeys
d) camels

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b) horses

2. Before a big match, what does a good coach do?

a) sells tickets at the gate
b) paints lines on the field
c) cuts the grass on the pitch
d) plans how the team will play

Show answer

d) plans how the team will play

Associated Words

Words that end in -ach: approach, spinach, cockroach, stomach, preach, peach

More words from this list

disgust, freight, irate, muscle, pulse, somewhere, wealth, bagel

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.

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