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Spell Bee Word: Grease


What does grease mean?

Word: Grease

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Grease means any thick, oily stuff, such as the fat left in a pan after cooking.

How do you spell grease?

Syllables: grease

Tricky part: The hissing sound near the end is never spelt with a c here, even though peace uses one.

Watch out for: greace, greaz

Memory tip: Grease is slippery, like a snake sliding along. A snake hisses, and the hiss in grease is the snake letter, never a c.

Grease in a sentence

Example 1: Wipe the grease off the frying pan with hot water.

Example 2: The bicycle chain needs a little grease.

Example 3: Mum's apron had a spot of grease on it.

Fun Fact

Grease comes from the Latin word crassus, which meant thick or fat.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

gr_ase

a) a
b) o
c) i
d) e

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d) e. The long ee sound in this word is written with e and a, as in eat.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

greasse

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

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c) s. Grease has only one s.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) candle
b) greas
c) bucket
d) kitchen

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b) greas. A silent e comes at the very end of grease.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is often covered in grease?

a) a clean towel
b) a glass of water
c) a cooking pan
d) a pencil box

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c) a cooking pan

2. Papa put grease on the squeaky gate. Why?

a) to make it heavier
b) to make it move smoothly
c) to change its colour
d) to keep it shut

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b) to make it move smoothly

Associated Words

Words that end in -ease: release, decrease, cease, increase

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Next steps

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