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Spell Bee Word: Metro


What does metro mean?

Word: Metro

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Metro means a fast train that runs in a city, often under the ground or on raised tracks.

Synonyms: underground

How do you spell metro?

Syllables: met - ro

Tricky part: It starts with me, with an e, though some children write mitro.

Watch out for: mitro, matro

Memory tip: You take the metro to meet your friends: metro and meet both start with me.

Metro in a sentence

Example 1: We took the metro to the museum.

Example 2: The metro was full in the evening.

Example 3: Hold the handle when the metro starts moving.

Fun Fact

Kolkata was the first Indian city to get a metro railway, in 1984.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) metroe
b) metro
c) metrow
d) metrou

Show answer

b) metro. Like radio and piano, metro finishes on the letter o.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our mettro train runs under the river.

a) mettro
b) river
c) under
d) train

Show answer

a) mettro. Metro is met and ro, with a single t.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

trome

a) merto
b) metor
c) metro
d) meotr

Show answer

c) metro. Start with me, then read each option aloud to hear which one is the train.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

met_o

a) n
b) l
c) r
d) w

Show answer

c) r. Say met-ro: an r comes between the t and the last o.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do you wait for the metro?

a) on a platform
b) at a bus stop
c) at a ferry jetty
d) at an airport gate

Show answer

a) on a platform

2. Before getting on the metro, every rider needs ____.

a) a ticket or card
b) a seat belt
c) a passport
d) a helmet

Show answer

a) a ticket or card

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: underground

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