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Spell Bee Word: Maize


What does maize mean?

Word: Maize

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Maize means a tall plant with yellow grains that grow on a cob. In Hindi it is makka; American English calls it corn.

Sounds like: maze (a puzzle of paths where it is easy to get lost)

How do you spell maize?

Syllables: maize

Tricky part: Maize, the crop, sounds just like maze, the puzzle, but the two are not spelt the same. Think of the field of corn to pick the right one.

Watch out for: maeze, mayze

Memory tip: The crop has an i that the puzzle does not. Picture one tall maize stalk standing straight like the letter i.

Maize in a sentence

Example 1: The farmer dried the maize in the sun.

Example 2: We ate roasted maize on the beach.

Example 3: Hens love to peck at grains of maize.

Fun Fact

Popcorn comes from a kind of maize whose grains burst open when they are heated.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) maiz
b) millet
c) pumpkin
d) barley

Show answer

a) maiz. The crop maize ends with a silent e.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

mai_e

a) s
b) z
c) v
d) d

Show answer

b) z. The buzzing sound in maize is a z, not an s.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

zamie

a) maize
b) miaze
c) maiez
d) mazie

Show answer

a) maize. Put a and i together after m, then add z and e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maize grows best in ____.

a) dark caves
b) salty sea water
c) deep snow
d) warm, sunny fields

Show answer

d) warm, sunny fields

2. A roasted cob of maize sold on the street is called a ____ in Hindi.

a) bhutta
b) pakora
c) jalebi
d) samosa

Show answer

a) bhutta

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ma: marigold, marry, maple, mare

More words from this list

pocket, share, thorn, admit, blood, coat, everywhere, grass

Next steps

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