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Spell Bee Word: Cottage

Cottage (noun): a small, cosy house, usually in a village or in the hills.


What does cottage mean?

Word: Cottage

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cottage means a small, cosy house, usually in a village or in the hills.

Synonyms: cabin

How do you spell cottage?

Syllables: cot - tage

Tricky part: The end of cottage sounds like ij, but it is spelt age. Children often write cottij or cottege.

Watch out for: cottij, cottege, cottidge

Memory tip: The end of cottage rhymes with village, and both write that ij sound as age.

Cottage in a sentence

Example 1: Our cottage in Cornwall has a red roof.

Example 2: Grandpa lives in a cottage near the paddy fields.

Example 3: Smoke came out of the cottage chimney.

Fun Fact

Many old cottages in English villages have thatched roofs, made of dried straw or reeds laid thickly on top.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) window
b) garden
c) kottage
d) village

Show answer

c) kottage. Cottage starts with c, as cup and coat do.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

cot_age

a) s
b) t
c) r
d) l

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b) t. Cottage has two t's standing side by side, and one of them is missing here.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

cottage

a) factory
b) school
c) office
d) hut

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d) hut. A hut and a cottage are both small homes.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We stayed in a buetiful cottage near the lake.

a) stayed
b) cottage
c) lake
d) buetiful

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d) buetiful. Beautiful starts with the same four letters as beauty: b-e-a-u.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is often found beside a village cottage?

a) a big car park
b) a tall office block
c) a railway platform
d) a small garden

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d) a small garden

2. Many cottages in the hills have a fireplace to ____.

a) keep the rooms warm
b) water the garden
c) dry the roof
d) keep the rooms cool

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a) keep the rooms warm

Associated Words

Words that end in -age: carriage, message, garage, cabbage, garbage, damage

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: cabin

More words from this list

fence, hazel, live, paw, scone, string, wise, bench

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