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Spell Bee Word: Fleece


What does fleece mean?

Word: Fleece

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Fleece means the thick, hairy coat of a sheep. It is also a warm, fuzzy fabric used for jackets and blankets.

How do you spell fleece?

Syllables: fleece

Tricky part: The hissing sound at the end is spelt ce, not se, just as in peace and place.

Watch out for: fleese, fleesce

Memory tip: A fleece keeps you warm in a cold place, and place ends in ce just like fleece.

Fleece in a sentence

Example 1: The farmer sheared the thick fleece off the sheep before summer.

Example 2: I zipped up my blue fleece before the bus reached Edinburgh.

Example 3: Merino sheep grow a very fine fleece.

Fun Fact

Some fleece jackets are made from plastic bottles that have been melted down and spun into fine threads.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

flieece

a) l
b) e
c) c
d) i

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d) i. The long e sound in fleece is spelt with two e's and no i.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) swetter
b) fleece
c) mufler
d) blankit

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b) fleece. Sweater has ea in the middle, blanket ends in et, and muffler needs a double f.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lecefe

a) feelce
b) flecee
c) felece
d) fleece

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d) fleece. The word starts with fl, and the three e's are not all together.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

fleece

a) leather
b) wool
c) silk
d) cotton

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b) wool. The coat cut from a sheep is spun into this.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rohan is packing for a winter trip to Manali. Why might he pack a fleece?

a) because his suitcase is too light
b) because the train has no seats left
c) because evenings in the hills turn cold
d) because he wants to read on the way

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c) because evenings in the hills turn cold

2. Which word best describes how a fleece usually feels?

a) crisp
b) sharp
c) soft
d) sticky

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c) soft

Associated Words

More Class 3 Summer Spell Bee words starting with f: failure, fossil, faithful, frustrate, ferry, frighten

More words from this list

improve, mischievous, pottery, sleeve, upstream, attitude, challenge, delicate

Next steps

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