Spell Bee Word: Face

What does face mean?

Word: Face

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Face means the front of your head, where your eyes, nose and mouth are.

How do you spell face?

Syllables: face

Tricky part: The s sound in face is spelt with a c. Children who write what they hear put an s there.

Watch out for: fase, fass

Memory tip: Draw a face and give it a c for a smiling mouth. The c in face is the smile.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. keep a straight face: To not laugh even when something is funny. Example: "I could not keep a straight face when the puppy sneezed."

Face in a sentence

Example 1: Wash your face before school.

Example 2: Clara drew a smiling face.

Example 3: The clown had a painted face.

Fun Fact

Your face has more than 40 small muscles, and you use many of them to smile.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell Spies

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) face
b) fac

Show answer

a) face. Face has a quiet e at the end.

Sound Check

Choose the word which rhymes with 'face':

a) fuss
b) race

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b) race. Race ends with the same sound as face. Fuss has a short u.

Spellacadabra

Remove one letter to make a meaningful word:

faice

a) f
b) i

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b) i. Take out the i and the long a sound still works on its own.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is NOT on your face?

a) your chin
b) your cheek
c) your knee
d) your nose

Show answer

c) your knee

2. Pinky made a sad face. How was she feeling?

a) cheerful
b) upset
c) proud
d) excited

Show answer

b) upset

Associated Words

More Senior KG Winter Spell Bee words starting with f: free, form, fill, find, film

More words from this list

have, it, mum, plan, show, they, work, blog

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

Step 1: Visit the registration page and complete the registration with your desired subject.

Step 2: After Registration done, do login at www.crestolympiads.com/login.

Step 3: After login, go to dashboard and click on Book slot/Take Exam

Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

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