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Spell Bee Word: Motor


What does motor mean?

Word: Motor

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Motor means a machine that makes something move or work, such as a toy car, a mixer or a water pump.

How do you spell motor?

Syllables: mo - tor

Tricky part: The ending sounds like the er in teacher, so motor is often written moter. It ends in or.

Watch out for: moter, motar

Memory tip: A motor is for moving things, and for ends the same way motor does.

Motor in a sentence

Example 1: The motor in my toy boat makes it zoom across the pond.

Example 2: Dadi switched on the pump, and its motor began to hum.

Example 3: A ceiling fan turns because of a small motor inside it.

Fun Fact

Motor comes from a Latin word that meant a mover. A motorbike and a motorboat are both named after the motor that drives them.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

romot

a) omtor
b) mtoor
c) motor
d) tomor

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c) motor. The word begins with m, and the first o comes straight after it.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

moutor

a) o
b) r
c) t
d) u

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d) u. The first part is said mo, with no u sound, so the u is the extra letter.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

mo_or

a) l
b) d
c) t
d) n

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c) t. The middle sound is the t you hear in tap.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) pedal
b) batery
c) engine
d) motor

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b) batery. Battery has a double t, as letter does; motor, engine and pedal are spelt right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these needs a motor to work?

a) a washing machine
b) a glass jar
c) a wooden stool
d) a paper kite

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a) a washing machine

2. A toy car's motor stops. What is the most likely reason?

a) the wheels are painted red
b) the box has been thrown away
c) the battery has run out
d) the car has a long name

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c) the battery has run out

Associated Words

Words that end in -tor: tractor, alligator, inventor, calculator, actor, visitor

More words from this list

queen, snowfall, tropical, amaze, canteen, dispute, ginger, inside

Next steps

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