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Spell Bee Word: Feed


What does feed mean?

Word: Feed

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Feed means to give food to a person or an animal.

How do you spell feed?

Syllables: feed

Tricky part: The long ee sound is written with two e's. Children who spell by sound often write fead, the way read is spelt.

Watch out for: fead, fede

Memory tip: Picture two hungry ducks waiting side by side to be fed: one duck for each e.

Feed in a sentence

Example 1: Can you feed the cat while we are away?

Example 2: Every morning Kabir feeds the pigeons on his balcony.

Example 3: Baby birds open their beaks wide when their mother comes to feed them.

Fun Fact

Feed and food come from the same old English family of words, which is why they look so alike.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) bucket
b) feede
c) hungry
d) basket

Show answer

b) feede. This word stops at the d, with no e after it.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

feed

a) nourish
b) lift
c) scrub
d) carry

Show answer

a) nourish. To nourish someone is to give them the food they need to grow.

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) feedback
b) feedbeck
c) feedbac
d) feedbak

Show answer

a) feedback. The second part is spelt like the back of your chair, with a c and a k together.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We feed the goats in the farmyard evry Sunday.

a) goats
b) feed
c) evry
d) farmyard

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c) evry. Every has an e after the v, even though it is hardly heard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A zookeeper feeds the animals every day. What does she give them?

a) their toys
b) their baths
c) their walks
d) their meals

Show answer

d) their meals

2. At feeding time, a farmer carries a big bundle of hay into the shed. Who is it for?

a) a parrot
b) a fish
c) a cow
d) a cat

Show answer

c) a cow

Associated Words

More Class 3 Summer Spell Bee words starting with f: freedom, fossil, forearm, freight, frown, fascinating

More words from this list

household, mailbox, playground, shiny, twilight, appointment, cargo, damage

Next steps

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