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Spell Bee Word: Cost


What does cost mean?

Word: Cost

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Cost means to need a certain amount of money to buy. A pencil may cost five pence.

How do you spell cost?

Syllables: cost

Tricky part: Cost ends in st. Children sometimes drop the s and write cot, which is a different word.

Watch out for: kost, cosd

Memory tip: Picture a little snake hissing just before the t at the end of cost: sss, then t.

Cost in a sentence

Example 1: How much does this pen cost?

Example 2: The ice cream cost two pounds.

Example 3: Toys at the fair cost a lot.

Fun Fact

Cost came into English from French, and it goes back to an old Latin word, constare.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) cost
b) coyn

Show answer

b) coyn. Coin is spelt with oi in the middle; coyn uses a y in place of the i.

Sound Check

Choose the word which does not rhyme with 'cost':

a) most
b) lost

Show answer

a) most. Lost rhymes with cost. Most looks alike but has the long o of go.

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

c_st

a) u
b) o

Show answer

b) o. Say cost and listen: the middle is a short o, as in hot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A pencil costs five pence. How much do two pencils cost?

a) two pence
b) ten pence
c) five pence
d) seven pence

Show answer

b) ten pence

2. Which of these usually costs more money than a pencil?

a) a sweet
b) a bicycle
c) an eraser
d) a paper clip

Show answer

b) a bicycle

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film, hi, key, next, real, take, try, age

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