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Spell Bee Word: Mixture


What does mixture mean?

Word: Mixture

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Mixture means something made by mixing two or more things together.

Synonyms: mix

How do you spell mixture?

Syllables: mix - ture

Tricky part: The cher sound at the end is spelt t-u-r-e. Mixtuer swaps the last two letters, and mixtur drops the e.

Watch out for: mixtuer, mixtur

Memory tip: Mixture ends like picture: both finish with the same four letters.

Mixture in a sentence

Example 1: Stir the mixture until it is smooth.

Example 2: Grandma poured the dosa mixture onto the hot tawa.

Example 3: Our snack box has a mixture of nuts and raisins.

Fun Fact

The air we breathe is a mixture of gases, mostly nitrogen and oxygen.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) mikture
b) micksture
c) miksture
d) mixture

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d) mixture. The ks sound in mixture is the single letter x, as in box.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

m_xture

a) a
b) e
c) i
d) u

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c) i. Mixture starts with the short i of mix.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

turixem

a) mxiture
b) mixture
c) imxture
d) mitxure

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b) mixture. Find the ending ture, as in picture, then put the other three letters before it.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

mixture

a) puzzle
b) piece
c) blend
d) pattern

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c) blend. A blend is made by putting things together, just like a mixture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mud is a mixture of soil and ____.

a) milk
b) oil
c) sugar
d) water

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d) water

2. Which tool would you use to stir a mixture?

a) a spoon
b) a grater
c) a peeler
d) a sieve

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a) a spoon

Associated Words

Words that end in -ture: furniture, vulture, structure, gesture, capture, adventure

More words from this list

pretty, skate, tooth, amount, breeze, cotton, favourite, hardly

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