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Spell Bee Word: Horse


What does horse mean?

Word: Horse

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Horse means a large, strong animal with a long tail and a mane. People ride horses or use them to pull carts.

Sounds like: hoarse (having a rough voice, for example after a cold)

How do you spell horse?

Syllables: horse

Tricky part: It ends in se, not ce or ss, even though the end sounds like a hiss.

Watch out for: horce, horss, hors

Memory tip: Draw the s like a horse swishing its tail, then add a little e at the end.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. straight from the horse's mouth: Heard from the person who really knows. Example: "The match is on Friday; I heard it straight from the horse's mouth, our coach."

Horse in a sentence

Example 1: The horse pulled the tonga down the road.

Example 2: Meera rode a white horse at the fair.

Example 3: A horse eats grass and hay.

Fun Fact

Horses can doze standing up: their legs lock in place so they do not fall over.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) donkey
b) rabbit
c) parrot
d) horrse

Show answer

d) horrse. Horse has only one r; donkey, rabbit and parrot are all spelt right.

Word Connection

Select the feminine form of the word:

horse

a) mare
b) horsess
c) doe
d) hen

Show answer

a) mare. A female horse is called a mare.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

h_rse

a) o
b) i
c) a
d) u

Show answer

a) o. The vowel in horse is o, as in fork.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The hungry horse ate a juicy carot.

a) hungry
b) horse
c) juicy
d) carot

Show answer

d) carot. Carrot has a double r in the middle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does a horse sleep on a farm?

a) in a pigsty
b) in a hen coop
c) in a kennel
d) in a stable

Show answer

d) in a stable

2. A baby horse is called a ____.

a) calf
b) foal
c) cub
d) lamb

Show answer

b) foal

Associated Words

Words that end in -rse: nurse, seahorse, reverse

More words from this list

nail, rabbit, snail, Tuesday, artist, bull, crowd, finger

Next steps

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