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Spell Bee Word: Motorcycle


What does motorcycle mean?

Word: Motorcycle

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Motorcycle means a heavy two-wheeled vehicle with an engine. You ride it like a bicycle, but the engine does the work.

Synonyms: bike

How do you spell motorcycle?

Syllables: mo - tor - cy - cle

Tricky part: The cycle part is spelt c-y-c-l-e, just like the bicycle you ride, with a y after the first c.

Watch out for: motorsicle, motorcycel

Memory tip: A motorcycle is a bicycle's big cousin: it keeps the same cycle, y and all, and adds an engine in front.

Motorcycle in a sentence

Example 1: Papa rides his motorcycle to the office.

Example 2: Always wear a helmet on a motorcycle.

Example 3: The motorcycle roared up the hill road.

Fun Fact

One of the first motorcycles with a petrol engine was built in Germany in 1885. It had a wooden frame and wooden wheels.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) motarcycle
b) motercycle
c) motorcycle
d) moturcycle

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c) motorcycle. The first part ends in or, as in doctor.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

cotylcemro

a) motrocycle
b) omtorcycle
c) mortocycle
d) motorcycle

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d) motorcycle. Each wrong option muddles the first five letters; read them aloud to find the right one.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My uncle has a shiny new mottorcycle.

a) shiny
b) new
c) uncle
d) mottorcycle

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d) mottorcycle. Only one t is needed near the start.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

motorcycle

a) lorry
b) tractor
c) motorbike
d) bicycle

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c) motorbike. A motorbike is another name for a motorcycle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these also has an engine, like a motorcycle?

a) a bicycle
b) a car
c) a tricycle
d) a horse and cart

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b) a car

2. Who often rides a motorcycle to bring parcels or food to homes?

a) a pilot
b) a boatman
c) a delivery rider
d) a train driver

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c) a delivery rider

Associated Words

Words that end in -cle: cycle, oracle, semicircle, barnacle

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queue, soil, trousers, ambulance, careful, discover, giddy, ink

Next steps

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