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Spell Bee Word: Grace


What does grace mean?

Word: Grace

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Grace means a smooth, beautiful and easy way of moving.

How do you spell grace?

Syllables: grace

Tricky part: The s sound at the end is written ce. Children often write grase or grais.

Watch out for: grase, grayce

Memory tip: The c here says s because an e comes straight after it, as it does in ice and race.

Grace in a sentence

Example 1: The peacock spread its feathers and walked with grace.

Example 2: The gymnast landed on the mat with perfect grace.

Example 3: The kite rose into the sky with grace and floated over the fields.

Fun Fact

Grace comes from Latin, from the same family of words as grateful and gratitude.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The young dancer moved across the stage with great graice.

a) dancer
b) graice
c) young
d) stage

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b) graice. No i is needed; the e at the end already makes the a say its name.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

grace

a) beauty
b) clumsiness
c) elegance
d) charm

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b) clumsiness. Clumsiness is moving in an awkward way that bumps into things.

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

grace

a) fol
b) fel
c) ful
d) full

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c) ful. When ful is added to a word, it keeps just one l, as in helpful.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) balence
b) swiming
c) gentel
d) grace

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d) grace. Balance has an a before the n, swimming doubles the m, and gentle ends in le.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A cat jumps onto a narrow wall with grace. How does it move?

a) in a wobbly way
b) with a loud thump
c) slowly and heavily
d) lightly and neatly

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d) lightly and neatly

2. Which animal is often praised for its grace?

a) a tortoise
b) a warthog
c) a deer
d) a hippo

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c) a deer

Associated Words

Words that end in -ace: peace, fireplace, necklace, space, embrace, misplace

More words from this list

knife, nursery, reside, struggle, adapt, bookworm, complain, dramatist

Next steps

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