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Spell Bee Word: Glacier


Basic Details

Word: Glacier

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A huge mass of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain or across land, found in high mountains and near the poles.

How to Spell Glacier

Syllables: gla - cier

Tricky part: The 's' sound is spelt with c, and the end is ier. Glasier and glacer are common mistakes.

Watch out for: glasier, glacer, glacior

Memory tip: A glacier is cold as ice, and ice has a c. Keep the c of ice in the middle: gla-c-ier.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The Gangotri glacier is high up in the Himalayas.

Example 2: A glacier moves so slowly that you cannot see it move.

Example 3: Some glaciers are melting faster because the Earth is getting warmer.

Fun Fact

The Bhagirathi river, one of the headstreams of the Ganga, begins at the Gangotri Glacier in Uttarakhand.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) volcanno
b) glacier
c) avalanch
d) blizard

Show answer

b) glacier. Avalanche keeps its final e, volcano has one n and blizzard two z's; glacier needs no change.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

gla_i_r

a) c, a
b) s, e
c) c, e
d) s, i

Show answer

c) c, e. Glacier uses c for the s sound and ends in ier.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

regailc

a) glacier
b) glacire
c) glaceir
d) glaicer

Show answer

a) glacier. After gla comes c, then the ier ending.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A glacier is made of ____.

a) wood
b) sand
c) lava
d) ice

Show answer

d) ice

2. How does a glacier move?

a) only at night
b) as fast as a train
c) very slowly
d) up the mountain

Show answer

c) very slowly

Associated Words

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