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Spell Bee Word: Factory


What does factory mean?

Word: Factory

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Factory means a building where people use machines to make things, like cars, toys or biscuits.

How do you spell factory?

Syllables: fac - to - ry

Tricky part: The middle part is to, so there is an o before the ry. Children often skip it and write factry.

Watch out for: factry, factori

Memory tip: Picture a toy factory: the to of toy hides in the middle of factory.

Factory in a sentence

Example 1: My uncle works in a shoe factory.

Example 2: The biscuit factory smells sweet.

Example 3: We visited a toy factory on our school trip.

Fun Fact

Factory goes back to a Latin word meaning to make. Manufacture, which also means making things, shares that root.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) market
b) garden
c) fectory
d) farmer

Show answer

c) fectory. The first vowel in factory is a, as in fan.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

fa_tory

a) c
b) x
c) k
d) s

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a) c. The k sound in factory is written with a c.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rotcyfa

a) facotry
b) factroy
c) fcatory
d) factory

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d) factory. There are seven letters, and the y comes last.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

facttory

a) a
b) y
c) c
d) t

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d) t. Factory has one t, after the c.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People who make things in a factory are called...

a) patients
b) pupils
c) workers
d) passengers

Show answer

c) workers

2. Which of these is made in a factory?

a) a lotus flower
b) a hen's egg
c) a plastic bucket
d) a ripe mango

Show answer

c) a plastic bucket

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with fa: false, family, favourite, fame

More words from this list

grow, mango, poem, shark, three, advise, blue, coconut

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