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Spell Bee Word: Food


What does food mean?

Word: Food

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Food means what people and animals eat to live and grow, such as rice, fruit and milk.

How do you spell food?

Syllables: food

Tricky part: The long oo sound is spelt with two o's, as in moon and spoon.

Watch out for: fod, fud

Memory tip: Picture the two o's in food as two round plates on the table.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. food for thought: Something that makes you think carefully. Example: "The story about saving water gave us food for thought."

Food in a sentence

Example 1: We must not waste food.

Example 2: My favourite food is idli with chutney.

Example 3: The birds came looking for food.

Fun Fact

Astronauts eat special space food, often packed in pouches, because crumbs would float around the spacecraft.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) apple
b) water
c) foode
d) bread

Show answer

c) foode. Food has no e at the end.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Dadi cooked tasty foodd for the whole family.

a) family
b) cooked
c) tasty
d) foodd

Show answer

d) foodd. Food has only one d.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

odfo

a) fdoo
b) odof
c) fodo
d) food

Show answer

d) food. Unscramble the letters to find what we eat to grow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these can you eat as food?

a) a banana
b) a crayon
c) a pebble
d) a button

Show answer

a) a banana

2. We eat food when we feel ____.

a) sleepy
b) lost
c) cold
d) hungry

Show answer

d) hungry

Associated Words

cleandoctorhygienechairsheep
secretbeetrootfavouritebunchcyan

More words from this list

jeans, nose, rice, spine, waiter, badger, careless, December

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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