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Spell Bee Word: Oyster


What does oyster mean?

Word: Oyster

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Oyster means a sea creature with a soft body inside a rough, flat shell that opens in two halves.

How do you spell oyster?

Syllables: oys - ter

Tricky part: The word starts with oy, as in boy and toy. Children who hear the sound sometimes write oi, as in coin.

Watch out for: oister, oistre

Memory tip: Picture a boy holding an oyster to his ear like a shell phone: the oy that starts boy starts oyster too.

Oyster in a sentence

Example 1: The fishermen sorted the oysters into baskets on the beach.

Example 2: Oysters grown in clean coastal water are sold at the fish market in Kochi.

Example 3: Our science book shows how an oyster opens its shell to feed.

Fun Fact

A pearl often forms when an oyster covers a tiny bit of grit inside its shell with layer after layer of a shiny material called nacre.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) oystar
b) octopus
c) seahorse
d) dolphin

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a) oystar. The word ends in ter, as in sister and water.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

oysster

a) s
b) r
c) y
d) t

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a) s. There is just one s, between the y and the t.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The divver gently lifted an oyster from the bottom of the bay.

a) bottom
b) lifted
c) divver
d) gently

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c) divver. Diver has one v, like river and fever.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An oyster is most closely related to which of these?

a) a starfish
b) a crab
c) a jellyfish
d) a mussel

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d) a mussel

2. At low tide, oysters can often be seen ____.

a) stuck to rocks near the shore
b) buried in desert sand
c) floating on top of waves
d) hanging from palm trees

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a) stuck to rocks near the shore

Associated Words

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