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Spell Bee Word: Nurse


What does nurse mean?

Word: Nurse

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Nurse means a person whose job is to look after people who are ill or hurt, often in a hospital.

How do you spell nurse?

Syllables: nurse

Tricky part: The er sound is spelt ur, as in turn. Children often write nerse or nirse.

Watch out for: nerse, nirse, nurrs

Memory tip: Nurse has the same ur as church and turn.

Nurse in a sentence

Example 1: The nurse gave me a sticker after my injection.

Example 2: My aunt is a nurse in a big hospital in Chennai.

Example 3: The school nurse checked my temperature.

Fun Fact

Florence Nightingale, a famous nurse, carried a lamp on her night rounds, so her patients called her the Lady with the Lamp.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) nurce
b) farmer
c) doctor
d) teacher

Show answer

a) nurce. Nurse uses an s, not a c, for its hissing sound.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

fall, cut knee, ____, bandage

a) chef
b) nurse
c) pilot
d) tailor

Show answer

b) nurse. After a fall and a cut knee, you see the nurse, who cleans the cut and puts on a bandage.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The nurs smiled and gave me a glass of water.

a) nurs
b) glass
c) smiled
d) water

Show answer

a) nurs. Nurse ends with a silent e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a nurse use to check if you have a fever?

a) a ruler
b) a weighing scale
c) a measuring tape
d) a thermometer

Show answer

d) a thermometer

2. Who works side by side with a nurse to treat sick people?

a) a farmer
b) a doctor
c) a pilot
d) a potter

Show answer

b) a doctor

Associated Words

Words that end in -rse: horse, seahorse, reverse

More words from this list

rickshaw, spring, walk, baker, carry, deer, foal, January

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