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Spell Bee Word: Moisture


What does moisture mean?

Word: Moisture

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Moisture means a small amount of water or wetness in the air, in the soil or on a surface.

Synonyms: dampness, wetness

How do you spell moisture?

Syllables: mois - ture

Tricky part: The end sounds like 'cher', but it is spelt ture, the same ending as nature.

Watch out for: moistur, moisure, moistcher

Memory tip: Moisture and picture share the same ending. Picture a misty window, and let that one word remind you how the other one ends.

Moisture in a sentence

Example 1: Plants pull moisture from the soil through their roots.

Example 2: Keep biscuits in a tin so moisture does not make them soft.

Example 3: There was moisture on the window on a cold morning.

Fun Fact

Cacti store moisture in their thick stems, which helps them survive long dry spells in the desert.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) mixture
b) moysture
c) furniture
d) picture

Show answer

b) moysture. Moisture is moist + ure, so it keeps the o-i of moist.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

moisture

a) steam
b) dew
c) dryness
d) mist

Show answer

c) dryness. Moisture is wetness, so dryness is the opposite.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

suioetrm

a) mositure
b) miosture
c) msoiture
d) moisture

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d) moisture. Put the ending that sounds like cher last, and the other four letters go in front.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

moissture

a) s
b) o
c) i
d) m

Show answer

a) s. Moisture has one s, after the oi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would you feel moisture early in the morning?

a) on a hot iron
b) in dry desert sand
c) on the grass at dawn
d) on a sunny rock

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c) on the grass at dawn

2. When the moisture in soil dries up, the soil becomes ____.

a) soft and muddy
b) dry and cracked
c) wet and sticky
d) dark and damp

Show answer

b) dry and cracked

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