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Spell Bee Word: Pattern


What does pattern mean?

Word: Pattern

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Pattern means shapes, colours or lines that repeat again and again in the same way, like the stripes on a shirt.

How do you spell pattern?

Syllables: pat - tern

Tricky part: The end is ern, not ren or urn, even though we say it quickly.

Watch out for: pattren, pattirn, patturn

Memory tip: The end of pattern is spelt like tern, a sea bird. Picture a tern flying over a striped pattern of waves.

Pattern in a sentence

Example 1: My kurta has a pattern of little yellow flowers.

Example 2: Red bead, blue bead, red bead, blue bead: can you see the pattern?

Example 3: Grandma drew a rangoli pattern outside our door for Diwali.

Fun Fact

No two zebras have exactly the same pattern of stripes, so each zebra's coat is one of a kind.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) circle
b) colour
c) stripe
d) patern

Show answer

d) patern. Pattern has two t's in the middle.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

pattern

a) size
b) weight
c) price
d) design

Show answer

d) design. Stripes or flowers repeated on cloth form a design, and that is what a pattern is.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

p_ttern

a) e
b) o
c) a
d) i

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c) a. The first vowel in pattern is a, as in pat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comes next? circle, square, circle, square, circle, ____

a) star
b) circle
c) triangle
d) square

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d) square

2. Which row of shapes makes a pattern?

a) moon, star, cloud, sun
b) star, moon, star, moon
c) star, moon, sun, cloud
d) sun, cloud, star, moon

Show answer

b) star, moon, star, moon

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with pa: paper, palm, panther, papaya, painter, parrot

More words from this list

scarlet, tailor, yell, begin, child, draw, gentle, lark

Next steps

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