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Spell Bee Word: collage


Basic Details

Word: Collage

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A picture made by sticking bits of paper, photos, cloth or leaves onto a sheet.

Sounds like: college (a place where people study after school)

Word origin: Comes from French coller, 'to glue'.

How to Spell Collage

Syllables: col - lage

Tricky part: It has a double l, and the end sounds like 'lahzh' but is spelt lage. Children also mix it up with college, which has an e where collage has an a.

Watch out for: colage, collaje, kolage

Memory tip: Collage and college look alike. In art class we stick things, so think a for art: coll-a-ge.

Usage Examples

Example 1: We made a collage of dry leaves for the class wall.

Example 2: Meera stuck buttons and bangles on her collage.

Example 3: Our Diwali collage had diyas cut out of gold paper.

Fun Fact

The painters Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque made some of the first famous collages more than a hundred years ago.

Practise the CREST Way

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

co_ _age

a) al
b) la
c) ll
d) lo

Show answer

c) ll. Collage needs two l's in the middle.

Word Champ

Choose the correct word for the blank:

In art class, we stuck photos on card to make a ____.

a) collar
b) cottage
c) college
d) collage

Show answer

d) collage. A picture made by sticking things on is a collage, with an a.

Spell Spies

Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:

Our class made a big colage of birds for the school fair.

a) colage and birds
b) class and fair
c) only school
d) only colage

Show answer

d) only colage. Colage has lost one l; every other word is fine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do you need most to make a collage?

a) glue
b) a bat
c) a ball
d) a bell

Show answer

a) glue

2. Meera made a collage. What did she make?

a) a song about birds
b) a sheet with cut-out pictures stuck on it
c) a bowl of rice
d) a long train

Show answer

b) a sheet with cut-out pictures stuck on it

Associated Words

dancingbleatflashgrabflamingo
fireflyanythingpeckersaucernothing

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