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Spell Bee Word: Mango


What does mango mean?

Word: Mango

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Mango means a sweet, juicy fruit with yellow or orange flesh and a big seed inside. The plural is mangoes.

How do you spell mango?

Syllables: man - go

Tricky part: Mango ends with a plain o. When there is more than one, add es: mangoes.

Watch out for: mangoe, mangow

Memory tip: One mango, two mangoes: the e only joins in when there is more than one.

Mango in a sentence

Example 1: We had mango pickle with our paratha.

Example 2: Nana has six mango trees in his garden.

Example 3: My favourite drink is mango lassi.

Fun Fact

The mango is the national fruit of India.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) mengo
b) coconut
c) papaya
d) pineapple

Show answer

a) mengo. Mango starts with man, not men.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

man_o

a) k
b) b
c) d
d) g

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d) g. Say man-go: the hard g sound comes after the n.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

seed, sapling, tree, ____

a) root
b) soil
c) mango
d) pebble

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c) mango. A mango stone grows into a sapling, the sapling becomes a tree, and the tree gives fruit.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My brother climed the tree to pick a mango.

a) brother
b) tree
c) pick
d) climed

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d) climed. Climbed keeps the silent b of climb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In India, mangoes are best known as a fruit of which season?

a) summer
b) spring
c) autumn
d) winter

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a) summer

2. When you press a ripe mango gently, it feels ____.

a) icy cold
b) sharp and spiky
c) hard as a stone
d) slightly soft

Show answer

d) slightly soft

Associated Words

Words that start with man: manner, manager, manual, manure

More words from this list

poem, shark, three, advise, blue, coconut, exam, greedy

Next steps

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