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Spell Bee Word: Pear

Pear (noun): a sweet, juicy fruit that is round at the bottom and narrow at the top. Its skin can be green, yellow or brown.


What does pear mean?

Word: Pear

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Pear means a sweet, juicy fruit that is round at the bottom and narrow at the top. Its skin can be green, yellow or brown.

Sounds like: pair (two things that go together, like a pair of socks); pare (to peel or trim the outside of something)

How do you spell pear?

Syllables: pear

Tricky part: Pear sounds exactly like pair and pare, two real words with other meanings, so spelling by sound can give the wrong word. Only the fruit is spelt pear.

Watch out for: peir, pere, paire

Memory tip: Link the spelling to what you do with it: you eat a pear, you wear a pair of socks, and you pare (peel) an apple.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. go pear-shaped: to go wrong (a British saying) Example: "Our picnic plan went pear-shaped when it started to rain."

Pear in a sentence

Example 1: Grandma cut a pear into four pieces for us.

Example 2: This pear is soft and sweet.

Example 3: I packed a pear in my lunch box.

Fun Fact

Pears are usually picked while they are still hard, because they ripen better off the tree.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) peare
b) papaya
c) apricot
d) coconut

Show answer

a) peare. Pear stops at the r; there is no e on the end as in care or bare.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

p_ar

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

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c) e. The fruit needs e before a, so the vowels read e-a.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

seed, sapling, blossom, ____

a) soil
b) pear
c) bark
d) root

Show answer

b) pear. A pear seed grows into a sapling, the young tree flowers, and each blossom can swell into a pear.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A pear is shaped a little like ____.

a) a flat coin
b) a cricket ball
c) a long stick
d) a light bulb

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d) a light bulb

2. Grandma says the pear is ripe now. How will it feel?

a) sticky all over
b) rough and prickly
c) as hard as a stone
d) a little soft

Show answer

d) a little soft

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: pair

More words from this list

seaweed, sunflower, wizard, blow, corner, famous, pass, science

Next steps

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