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Spell Bee Word: Pancake

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What does pancake mean?

Word: Pancake

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Pancake means a thin, flat, round cake made from batter and cooked on both sides in a pan.

How do you spell pancake?

Syllables: pan - cake

Tricky part: The k sound in the middle is spelt with a plain c, not k or ck.

Watch out for: pankake, panckake

Memory tip: Pancake has no k at all: its k sound is made by c, as in cup and cook, the two things you need for the batter.

Pancake in a sentence

Example 1: Papa tossed the pancake high in the air.

Example 2: We had banana pancakes for breakfast on Sunday.

Example 3: The first pancake always sticks to the pan.

Next steps

Fun Fact

In some English towns, people hold pancake races, running while flipping a pancake in a pan.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) pudding
b) sandwich
c) panncake
d) biscuit

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c) panncake. Only one n is needed before the c.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

kenacap

a) pacnake
b) pancake
c) pnacake
d) panckae

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b) pancake. Pnacake and pacnake swap letters near the start, and panckae muddles the end.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Mum made a hot pancak for me.

a) pancak
b) made
c) hot
d) me

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a) pancak. Without its last e, the cake part is not complete.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these do people often pour over sweet pancakes?

a) chutney
b) gravy
c) soup
d) honey

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d) honey

2. Where is a pancake usually cooked?

a) in a fridge
b) in a kettle
c) in a hot frying pan
d) in a freezer

Show answer

c) in a hot frying pan

Associated Words

Words that end in -ake: cupcake, snake, awake, milkshake, shake, earthquake

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