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Spell Bee Word: Our


What does our mean?

Word: Our

Part of Speech: Determiner

Meaning: Our means belonging to us, as in our house or our class.

Sounds like: hour (sixty minutes)

How do you spell our?

Syllables: our

Tricky part: Hour sounds the same as our but starts with a silent h. Our, meaning belonging to us, has no h.

Watch out for: houre, ourr

Memory tip: No h in our house: hour, with its silent h, is the one about time on the clock.

Our in a sentence

Example 1: This is our classroom.

Example 2: Our dog loves to play fetch.

Example 3: We planted a tree in our garden.

Fun Fact

Our is one of the oldest words in English. About a thousand years ago people wrote it as ure.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Magic

Choose the correctly spelt magical word:

a) our
b) oure

Show answer

a) our. Oure has an e at the end that our does not need.

Rhyme Chime

Choose the word that rhymes with our.

a) sour
b) four

Show answer

a) sour. Sour ends with the same sound as our. Four ends like door.

Letter Treasure

Fill in the missing vowel:

_ur

a) a
b) o

Show answer

b) o. Only o makes a real word here; aur means nothing.

Jumble Jungle

Rearrange the jumbled letters to form a hidden word:

rou

a) oru
b) our

Show answer

b) our. Keep o and u together at the start, then add r.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rohan and I painted this picture together. Whose picture is it?

a) Rohan's and mine
b) the teacher's
c) only Rohan's
d) only mine

Show answer

a) Rohan's and mine

2. The children of Class A say, This is our bus. Who does the bus belong to?

a) the whole class
b) one child
c) the driver only
d) another class

Show answer

a) the whole class

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Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

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Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

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