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Spell Bee Word: Pasta


What does pasta mean?

Word: Pasta

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Pasta means a food made from flour and water, shaped into tubes, shells or long strings and boiled before eating.

How do you spell pasta?

Syllables: pas - ta

Tricky part: Pasta ends with a, though it can sound like er. Children write pastah or pastar.

Watch out for: pastah, pasda, pastar

Memory tip: Pasta ends with a, like pizza and polenta, two other foods from Italy.

Pasta in a sentence

Example 1: Ma made pasta for our picnic.

Example 2: I like pasta shaped like little shells.

Example 3: Bhaiya sprinkled cheese on his pasta.

Fun Fact

Pasta is an Italian word that means dough.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) butter
b) bread
c) pizza
d) pastta

Show answer

d) pastta. Pasta has one t.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

field, wheat, flour, ____

a) honey
b) butter
c) milk
d) pasta

Show answer

d) pasta. Wheat grows in a field, is ground into flour, and the flour is made into pasta.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

pa_ta

a) r
b) l
c) s
d) n

Show answer

c) s. Say pas-ta and you can hear the s before the t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a kind of pasta?

a) idli
b) chapati
c) paratha
d) macaroni

Show answer

d) macaroni

2. Which sauce is often poured over pasta?

a) mango pulp
b) custard
c) honey
d) tomato sauce

Show answer

d) tomato sauce

Associated Words

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More words from this list

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Next steps

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