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Spell Bee Word: Magpie


What does magpie mean?

Word: Magpie

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Magpie means a bird with black and white feathers, a long tail and a loud, chattering call. Some magpies in the Himalayas are blue.

How do you spell magpie?

Syllables: mag - pie

Tricky part: The long i sound at the end is spelt ie, as in pie and tie, not y or igh.

Watch out for: magpai, magpei, magpi

Memory tip: Picture a magpie pecking at a pie on the window sill: the bird and the pie end the same way.

Magpie in a sentence

Example 1: A magpie sat on the wall and chattered loudly.

Example 2: The magpie flicked its long black and white tail.

Example 3: On our trip to the hills we spotted a blue magpie.

Fun Fact

In an experiment, Eurasian magpies seemed to recognise themselves in a mirror, something very few animals can do.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) mogpie
b) magpie
c) megpie
d) mugpie

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b) magpie. The first vowel is a, as in bag.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

pameig

a) mapgie
b) gampie
c) mgapie
d) magpie

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d) magpie. Read each option aloud: mapgie and gampie swap letters, and mgapie cannot even be said.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

maggpie

a) a
b) e
c) g
d) m

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c) g. Only one g is needed in this word.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

mag_ie

a) b
b) t
c) p
d) k

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c) p. The sound in the middle is p, said with closed lips and a puff of air.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A magpie belongs to the same bird family as the ____.

a) peacock
b) crow
c) parrot
d) sparrow

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b) crow

2. What does a magpie mostly eat?

a) nectar from flowers
b) leaves and tree bark
c) insects, seeds and scraps
d) fish it catches in rivers

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c) insects, seeds and scraps

Associated Words

Words that start with mag: magician, magnificent, magic, magazine, magnifier, magnetism

More words from this list

pillowcase, separate, syrup, worksheet, bottle, cousin, filthy, heart

Next steps

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