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Spell Bee Word: Goose


What does goose mean?

Word: Goose

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Goose means a large water bird with a long neck and webbed feet. The plural is geese.

How do you spell goose?

Syllables: goose

Tricky part: Goose has a double o in the middle. Children often write guse or gouse.

Watch out for: guse, gouse

Memory tip: Two o's for one goose, two e's for many geese.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. a wild goose chase: A long search for something that cannot be found. Example: "Looking for the shop without its address was a wild goose chase."

Goose in a sentence

Example 1: A goose can be noisier than a guard dog when strangers come near.

Example 2: The geese walked in a line to the pond.

Example 3: We saw a goose leading her goslings to the water.

Fun Fact

The bar-headed goose flies over the Himalayas to spend the winter in India, one of the highest migrations of any bird.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Select the masculine form of the word:

goose

a) drake
b) gooser
c) rooster
d) gander

Show answer

d) gander. A male goose is called a gander.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

goo_e

a) s
b) k
c) z
d) c

Show answer

a) s. The end sounds like the s of bus, and it is spelt with s.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) pigeon
b) flammingo
c) goose
d) ostrich

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b) flammingo. Flamingo has one m and one n.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

goosee

a) g
b) s
c) e
d) o

Show answer

c) e. One e is enough at the end of goose.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound does a goose make?

a) a roar
b) a honk
c) a moo
d) a bark

Show answer

b) a honk

2. A goose is usually bigger than a ____.

a) duck
b) cow
c) camel
d) horse

Show answer

a) duck

Associated Words

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Next steps

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