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Spell Bee Word: Group


What does group mean?

Word: Group

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Group means a number of people, animals or things that are together or belong together.

Synonyms: bunch, crowd, set

How do you spell group?

Syllables: group

Tricky part: Group says oo in the middle, but it is not spelt with oo. Children who write it the way it sounds get it wrong.

Watch out for: grup, growp

Memory tip: Think of a group of friends sharing soup: soup and group have the same middle sound, spelt with the same two letters.

Group in a sentence

Example 1: Our group made a model of a volcano.

Example 2: A group of monkeys sat on the garden wall.

Example 3: Please stand in groups of four for the game.

Fun Fact

Group came into English, through French, from the Italian word gruppo, which artists used for a set of figures placed close together in a painting or statue.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

pugro

a) group
b) goupr
c) rgoup
d) gourp

Show answer

a) group. Gr starts the word, as in grow; then fit the other letters around the oo sound.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) gathering
b) audience
c) together
d) groupe

Show answer

d) groupe. Group stops at the p; no e follows it.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

group

a) team
b) member
c) alone
d) leader

Show answer

a) team. A team is a group of people who work or play together.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our group made a model of the solar sistem for the science fair.

a) model
b) group
c) sistem
d) solar

Show answer

c) sistem. System has a y after the s; group is spelt right here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A group of birds flying together is called a ____.

a) pack
b) flock
c) herd
d) swarm

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b) flock

2. Which sentence uses group as a verb (an action word)?

a) The group sang very well.
b) A group of ducks swam by.
c) Our group won the prize.
d) Group the shells by colour.

Show answer

d) Group the shells by colour.

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: bunch, crowd, set

More words from this list

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Next steps

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