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Spell Bee Word: Oasis

Oasis (noun): a green place in a desert where there is water and plants grow. It can also mean a pleasant place that is very different from the busy area around it.

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What does oasis mean?

Word: Oasis

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Oasis means a green place in a desert where there is water and plants grow. It can also mean a pleasant place that is very different from the busy area around it.

Synonyms: refuge, haven

How do you spell oasis?

Syllables: o - a - sis

Tricky part: It begins with two vowels side by side, o and a, and you say both of them. Children who hear a w between them write owasis.

Watch out for: oaysis, owasis, oasus

Memory tip: Thirsty travellers who spot water cry 'oh' and then 'ah'. Write those two sounds first: o, then a.

Oasis in a sentence

Example 1: The camels stopped at an oasis to drink.

Example 2: The travellers filled their water bags at the oasis.

Example 3: After the long exam, the shady school garden felt like an oasis.

Fun Fact

The plural of oasis is oases, said oh-AY-seez. A desert may have many oases along an old camel route.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

asios

a) sails
b) basis
c) oasis
d) assist

Show answer

c) oasis. Two s's, an o, an a and an i make oasis and nothing else here.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) scorpien
b) oasis
c) carravan
d) mirrage

Show answer

b) oasis. Oasis is the one to tick; mirage, caravan and scorpion are all misspelt here.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

oassis

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

Show answer

b) s. Only one s sits between the a and the i.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mum called the library an oasis in the busy market. She meant it was ____.

a) a quiet, peaceful place
b) a crowded, noisy place
c) a place far from home
d) a hot and dusty place

Show answer

a) a quiet, peaceful place

2. Travellers resting at an oasis would most likely sit under ____.

a) pine trees
b) apple trees
c) date palms
d) bamboo groves

Show answer

c) date palms

Associated Words

Words that end in -sis: emphasis, hypothesis, photosynthesis, symbiosis, crisis

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: refuge, haven

More words from this list

recent, spread, unsure, archery, community, distress, gain, jealousy

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