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Spell Bee Word: Pierce


What does pierce mean?

Word: Pierce

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Pierce means to make a small hole in something, or go through it, with a sharp point.

How do you spell pierce?

Syllables: pierce

Tricky part: The vowels here are the ones students swap, writing peirce. The i comes before the e.

Watch out for: peirce, peerce, pirce

Memory tip: In the kitchen and in this word, the pie comes first.

Pierce in a sentence

Example 1: Pierce the potato with a fork before you bake it.

Example 2: A beam of torchlight pierced the darkness of the cave.

Example 3: The chef pierced the foil lid in three places to let the steam out.

Fun Fact

Aphids, the tiny green insects found on rose bushes, pierce plant stems with needle-like mouthparts to drink the sap.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

pier__

a) c,e
b) s,s
c) c,i
d) s,e

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a) c,e. The hissing sound is written with a c, and a silent e finishes the word, as in fierce.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

pierrce

a) i
b) r
c) e
d) c

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b) r. A single r stands before the c.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) rythm
b) pierce
c) occassion
d) neccessary

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b) pierce. Rhythm has an h after the r, necessary has one c, and occasion has one s.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

pierce

a) puncture
b) fasten
c) smooth
d) polish

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a) puncture. To puncture something is to make a hole in it, as a nail does to a tyre.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could pierce a balloon?

a) a soft cloth
b) a wet sponge
c) a paper napkin
d) a drawing pin

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d) a drawing pin

2. If a loud whistle pierces the air, the sound is ____.

a) low and gentle
b) soft and slow
c) sharp and sudden
d) warm and muffled

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c) sharp and sudden

Associated Words

Words that end in -rce: reinforce, commerce, enforce, resource, source

More words from this list

snore, vault, agrarian, capacity, crisis, enrolment, haughty, managerial

Next steps

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