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Spell Bee Word: Ostrich

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What does ostrich mean?

Word: Ostrich

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Ostrich means the largest bird in the world. It has long legs and a long neck, and it cannot fly, but it runs very fast.

How do you spell ostrich?

Syllables: os - trich

Tricky part: Ostrich ends in -ich, with no t before the ch, even though watch and catch have one.

Watch out for: ostritch, ostrish, ostrige

Memory tip: The end of ostrich hides the word rich. Imagine a rich ostrich wearing a gold necklace.

Ostrich in a sentence

Example 1: The ostrich at the zoo was taller than Papa.

Example 2: An ostrich cannot fly, but it can run very fast.

Example 3: We saw a huge ostrich egg at the museum.

Fun Fact

One ostrich egg weighs about as much as 20 to 24 hen eggs.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) ostrich
b) austrich
c) ostrrich
d) osterich

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a) ostrich. It starts with os, said like the o in hot, and has one r.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

chirost

a) tosrich
b) ostrich
c) sotrich
d) otsrich

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b) ostrich. The word ends with rich; put the other three letters in front in the right order.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

os_rich

a) t
b) p
c) c
d) h

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a) t. Os and rich are joined by a t.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The ostrich has soft, fluffy fethers.

a) ostrich
b) soft
c) fluffy
d) fethers

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d) fethers. Feathers has ea after the f, as in bread.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these birds also cannot fly?

a) a penguin
b) a crow
c) a pigeon
d) a parrot

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a) a penguin

2. Where do wild ostriches live?

a) in the grasslands of Africa
b) in the rivers of Europe
c) on the ice of Antarctica
d) in the forests of Canada

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a) in the grasslands of Africa

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with o: observe, ocean, object, ozone, omelette, overcoat

More words from this list

sack, starfish, wardrobe, bald, Christmas, elastic, grasp, keen

Next steps

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