Spell Bee Word: Grass

What does grass mean?

Word: Grass

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Grass means a green plant with thin leaves that covers fields, lawns and playgrounds.

How do you spell grass?

Syllables: grass

Tricky part: Grass has a double s at the end, like mess and dress.

Watch out for: graas, gras

Memory tip: Two s's at the end of grass, like two blades of grass standing side by side.

Idioms and Phrases

1. the grass is always greener on the other side: Other people's things often seem better than our own, even when they are not. Example: "Riya wanted Meera's lunch box, but the grass is always greener on the other side."

Grass in a sentence

Example 1: We sat on the grass to eat our lunch.

Example 2: The grass tickled my feet in the park.

Example 3: Please keep off the grass in the school garden.

Fun Fact

Bamboo, which can grow taller than a house, is actually a kind of grass.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) garden
b) flower
c) grasse
d) pebble

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

srsga

a) rgass
b) agrss
c) garss
d) grass

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

gr_ss

a) i
b) u
c) e
d) a

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We had a picnik on the soft grass.

a) picnik
b) soft
c) grass
d) had

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A machine that cuts grass is called a ____.

a) mixer
b) lawnmower
c) sewing machine
d) vacuum cleaner

2. Pick the animal that does NOT eat grass.

a) a goat
b) a cow
c) a horse
d) a tiger