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Spell Bee Word: Mare


What does mare mean?

Word: Mare

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Mare means a grown-up female horse.

Sounds like: mayor (the person who heads a city council)

How do you spell mare?

Syllables: mare

Tricky part: The air sound in mare is not spelt like hair or fair. Mair and mayre are common mix-ups.

Watch out for: mair, mayre

Memory tip: A mare is a mother horse, and mare starts with ma, just like mama.

Mare in a sentence

Example 1: The mare and her foal ate fresh grass.

Example 2: A brown mare pulled the tonga.

Example 3: The mare stood still while the farmer brushed her.

Fun Fact

A mare usually carries her foal for about eleven months before it is born.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Select the masculine form of the word:

mare

a) stallion
b) foal
c) donkey
d) pony

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a) stallion. A mare is a female horse and a stallion is a male horse.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) donkey
b) maer
c) saddle
d) camel

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b) maer. Mare ends with r and then e, not e and then r.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

marre

a) e
b) m
c) a
d) r

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d) r. Mare has a single r.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The mare ran acros the field with her foal.

a) ran
b) acros
c) field
d) foal

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b) acros. Across ends with a double s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On a farm, a mare usually sleeps ____.

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

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a) in a stable

2. A mare makes a sound called a ____.

a) moo
b) bleat
c) cluck
d) neigh

Show answer

d) neigh

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: mayor

More words from this list

policeman, sheep, Thursday, afraid, boot, cold, fabric, ground

Next steps

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