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Spell Bee Word: microscope


Basic Details

Word: Microscope

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: An instrument with lenses that makes very tiny things, like cells and germs, look much bigger so we can study them.

How to Spell Microscope

Syllables: mi - cro - scope

Tricky part: It begins with micro, spelt with a c, not a k. Both o's are needed, and the word ends in scope with a silent e.

Watch out for: mikroscope, microscop, micrascope

Memory tip: Micro means very small and scope means to look at. Put them together: a tool to look at very small things.

Usage Examples

Example 1: We looked at an onion peel under the microscope in the science lab.

Example 2: A good microscope can show the tiny hairs on an ant's leg.

Example 3: The doctor used a microscope to check the blood sample for germs.

Fun Fact

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch cloth seller, made tiny microscopes in the 1600s and was among the first to see bacteria.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the prefix that completes the word:

scope

a) micro
b) mycro
c) micre
d) mikro

Show answer

a) micro. Micro, the part meaning small, is spelt with c and ends in o.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) bacterea
b) labratory
c) specimin
d) microscope

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d) microscope. The lab instrument is spelt in full here, while laboratory, bacteria and specimen each have a wrong letter.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

pocsimerco

a) periscope
b) horoscope
c) stethoscope
d) microscope

Show answer

d) microscope. There are two c's and an m here, which only the lab instrument has.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A microscope helps you see things that are ____.

a) very far away in space
b) behind a wall
c) under the sea
d) too small for the eye

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d) too small for the eye

2. Which of these would you study with a microscope?

a) a drop of pond water
b) a rainbow
c) a mountain
d) the moon

Show answer

a) a drop of pond water

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