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Spell Bee Word: Coo


What does coo mean?

Word: Coo

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Coo means to make a soft, low, gentle sound, the way doves call. People also coo softly at babies.

How do you spell coo?

Syllables: coo

Tricky part: Nothing comes after the o's in coo: no e as in shoe, no u as in you and no w as in cow.

Watch out for: cooe, coow

Memory tip: Coo is a soft sound that simply stops, and the word stops too, straight after its o's.

Coo in a sentence

Example 1: Didi likes to coo at the new baby.

Example 2: The baby cooed happily in her cot.

Example 3: We could hear soft cooing from the roof every morning.

Fun Fact

Coo is an echo word: it sounds like the soft call it names, just as moo, hiss and buzz do.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) cooo
b) rattle
c) whistle
d) squeak

Show answer

a) cooo. Coo has only two o's; three is one too many.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

cow, moo, dove, ____

a) buzz
b) coo
c) quack
d) hoot

Show answer

b) coo. A cow says moo, and a dove says coo.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Two birds sat on the wall and began to koo.

a) birds
b) began
c) koo
d) wall

Show answer

c) koo. Like cow and cuckoo, coo is written with a c.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which bird coos?

a) an owl
b) a pigeon
c) a crow
d) a parrot

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b) a pigeon

2. Which word is also a sound a bird makes, like coo?

a) bark
b) roar
c) moo
d) chirp

Show answer

d) chirp

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with co: confirm, cold, country, coconut, cotton, colt

More words from this list

family, hair, marry, pond, shirt, tiger, air, bottom

Next steps

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