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Spell Bee Word: Crew


What does crew mean?

Word: Crew

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Crew means a group of people who work together on a big job, such as flying a plane or making a film.

How do you spell crew?

Syllables: crew

Tricky part: The oo sound at the end is spelt ew, not oo or ue.

Watch out for: croo, crue

Memory tip: A new crew came on board. New and crew end with the same two letters.

Crew in a sentence

Example 1: The cabin crew smiled as we got on the plane.

Example 2: A film crew came to shoot a scene at our school.

Example 3: Our school play needed a stage crew to move the props.

Fun Fact

In British English you can say the crew is ready or the crew are ready. Both are correct, because crew names a whole group.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

recw

a) rcew
b) crew
c) cerw
d) cwer

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b) crew. Start with the two sounds you hear first, c and r, and the rest falls into place.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

crew

a) captain
b) guest
c) team
d) cargo

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c) team. A team is a group working together, just like a crew.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our boat krew rowed hard to win the race.

a) rowed
b) race
c) boat
d) krew

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d) krew. Crew begins with a c, like cup and cat.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) anker
b) rope
c) island
d) crew

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a) anker. Anchor has ch in the middle and or at the end; crew, island and rope are spelt right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would need a crew to run it?

a) a bedroom
b) a garden bench
c) a pencil box
d) a big ship

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d) a big ship

2. Who is NOT usually part of a ship's crew?

a) the ship's cook
b) a young sailor
c) a holiday passenger
d) the ship's captain

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c) a holiday passenger

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with c: cupcake, confetti, canary, cousin, current, corner

More words from this list

foot, hill, magpie, pillowcase, sell, syrup, worksheet, bottle

Next steps

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