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Spell Bee Word: Osprey


What does osprey mean?

Word: Osprey

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Osprey means a large brown and white bird of prey that feeds almost only on fish.

How do you spell osprey?

Syllables: os - prey

Tricky part: The end sounds like pray or pree, but it is spelt prey, like the animals a hunting bird catches.

Watch out for: ospray, ospree

Memory tip: An osprey catches its prey, and the bird's name ends with that very word.

Osprey in a sentence

Example 1: The osprey dived into the lake and came up with a fish.

Example 2: An osprey builds a big nest of sticks on a tall tree.

Example 3: We watched an osprey circle slowly over the river.

Fun Fact

An osprey can turn one of its outer toes backwards to hold a slippery fish more firmly.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) heron
b) pelican
c) cormorent
d) osprey

Show answer

c) cormorent. Cormorant ends in ant, not ent. Pelican, heron and osprey are all spelt right.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

yorpse

a) osprey
b) oyster
c) poster
d) spores

Show answer

a) osprey. The y in the jumble is the clue: poster and spores have no y, and oyster has a t that the jumble lacks.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

ossprey

a) s
b) p
c) y
d) o

Show answer

a) s. A single s closes the first beat, os.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are you most likely to see an osprey hunting?

a) over a lake or a river
b) in a dry, sandy desert
c) in a busy city market
d) inside a dark cave

Show answer

a) over a lake or a river

2. An osprey grips a slippery catch with its curved, sharp ____.

a) antlers
b) flippers
c) talons
d) hooves

Show answer

c) talons

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with o: obey, opportunity, oasis, often, overhear, odyssey

More words from this list

refer, starve, variety, assign, computer, downpour, germinate, khaki

Next steps

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