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Spell Bee Word: Giraffe


What does giraffe mean?

Word: Giraffe

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Giraffe means a very tall African animal with a long neck, long legs and a coat of brown patches.

How do you spell giraffe?

Syllables: gi - raffe

Tricky part: The first sound is j, but it is written gi.

Watch out for: jiraffe, geraffe

Memory tip: Giraffe and ginger start the same way: gi that sounds like ji.

Giraffe in a sentence

Example 1: The giraffe bent down slowly to drink from the pond.

Example 2: My brother made a giraffe out of clay.

Example 3: A baby giraffe can stand up soon after it is born.

Fun Fact

A giraffe has seven bones in its neck, the same number as a person, but each bone is much longer.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) leopard
b) girraffe
c) tortoise
d) ostrich

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b) girraffe. Only one r follows the gi in this animal's name.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

fargefi

a) giarffe
b) grafife
c) giraffe
d) girfafe

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c) giraffe. Think of the tall animal with brown patches: only one choice spells its name.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

gira_fe

a) f
b) t
c) v
d) p

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a) f. The f sound near the end is made by two of the same letter.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My sister painted a giraff on the classroom wall.

a) wall
b) sister
c) giraff
d) painted

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c) giraff. The animal's name finishes with a silent e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tara is feeding a giraffe at the zoo. Where should she hold its food?

a) in a bowl on the ground
b) behind her back
c) high above her head
d) down near her feet

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c) high above her head

2. What does a giraffe mostly eat?

a) leaves
b) fish
c) meat
d) insects

Show answer

a) leaves

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with g: gosling, grandmother, guest, gift, gala, greeting

More words from this list

instrument, moist, pyjamas, smoke, treasure, alone, canary, dirty

Next steps

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