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Spell Bee Word: Glucose


What does glucose mean?

Word: Glucose

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Glucose means a simple kind of sugar found in fruit, honey and in our blood. It is the main fuel that gives the body energy.

How do you spell glucose?

Syllables: glu - cose

Tricky part: The sugar ending ose sounds like oze, but it is written with an s, as in rose.

Watch out for: glucoze, gloocose, glucos

Memory tip: Sugar names in science end in ose: sucrose, lactose, fructose and glucose. Learn them as one family and the ending looks after itself.

Glucose in a sentence

Example 1: After the cross-country race, the coach handed each runner a glucose drink.

Example 2: Honey contains glucose, which is why a spoonful gives quick energy.

Example 3: The body breaks down the starch in rice and bread into glucose.

Fun Fact

The name glucose comes from the Greek word gleukos, which meant the sweet juice of fresh grapes.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

gluecose

a) o
b) c
c) u
d) e

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d) e. Glue has an e, but glucose drops it and runs straight from u to c.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) cholestrol
b) protien
c) glucose
d) calcuim

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c) glucose. Protein puts the e before the i, calcium ends in ium and cholesterol keeps its e after the t, so tick glucose.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

eulcosg

a) closure
b) sluice
c) clause
d) glucose

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d) glucose. Only glucose has a g, and it uses every one of the seven letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which contains no glucose at all?

a) plain water
b) ripe grapes
c) a spoon of honey
d) a ripe banana

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a) plain water

2. Green plants make glucose during ____.

a) evaporation
b) pollination
c) photosynthesis
d) germination

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c) photosynthesis

Associated Words

Words that end in -ose: compose, verbose, grandiose, dispose, disclose, close

More words from this list

leeway, overrun, scanner, turbulence, adjourn, bewilderment, conserve, economy

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