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Spell Bee Word: Crab


What does crab mean?

Word: Crab

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Crab means a sea or river animal with ten legs, two of which are big claws, that usually walks sideways.

How do you spell crab?

Syllables: crab

Tricky part: Crab begins with c, not k.

Watch out for: krab, crabe

Memory tip: Crab, claw and click all begin with c: picture a crab clicking its claws.

Crab in a sentence

Example 1: Mia spotted a tiny crab hiding under a rock at the seaside.

Example 2: The crab dug a hole in the wet sand and slipped inside.

Example 3: We watched a crab scuttle into the water at low tide.

Fun Fact

Many crabs can grow back a claw or a leg that they have lost.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Champ

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

c_ab

a) l
b) w
c) r
d) h

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c) r. Only r gives the sea animal; clab, chab and cwab are not words.

Spellacadabra

From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?

a) octopus
b) lobster
c) crabb
d) starfish

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c) crabb. One b is enough at the end of this short word.

Spell Spies

Choose the pair which has a spelling error:

a) crab : crabs
b) beach : beachs
c) rock : rocks
d) wave : waves

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b) beach : beachs. A word ending in ch takes es for more than one, so it should be beaches.

Sound Check

Which of the following words rhymes with crab?

a) cub
b) cap
c) cob
d) cab

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d) cab. Cab ends in the same sound; cub, cob and cap each change one sound.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these lives near the sea, as a crab does?

a) a squirrel
b) a seagull
c) a goat
d) a camel

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b) a seagull

2. What covers a crab's body?

a) bright feathers
b) soft fur
c) a hard shell
d) smooth scales

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c) a hard shell

Associated Words

More Class 2 Winter Spell Bee words starting with c: clown, creeper, capsule, chunk, costly, climber

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euro, headboard, machine, petal, sapling, supper, violin, bandage

Next steps

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