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Spell Bee Word: Place


What does place mean?

Word: Place

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Place means a particular area, building, town or part of a room where something is or where something happens.

How do you spell place?

Syllables: place

Tricky part: The last sound is s, but it is written with a c followed by an e. Children often write plase.

Watch out for: plase, plass

Memory tip: Place ends in ce, and that c says s because an e comes right after it.

Place in a sentence

Example 1: Shimla is a cool place to visit in summer.

Example 2: Please put the books back in their place on the shelf.

Example 3: The park near our school is my favourite place to play.

Fun Fact

Place came into English from French, and the French word grew from a Latin word for a wide street.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

place

a) thing
b) spot
c) sound
d) time

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b) spot. A spot is a small area, so a nice spot and a nice place mean the same.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We found a shady pleace under the neem tree for lunch.

a) under
b) shady
c) pleace
d) lunch

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c) pleace. The middle sound is a long a, as in cake, and needs no e before it.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

cepal

a) aplce
b) lpace
c) palce
d) place

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d) place. The word starts with p, and the l comes straight after it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) villege
b) river
c) place
d) garden

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a) villege. Village ends with age, the same ending you see in cottage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a place?

a) a running race
b) a loud song
c) a sunny morning
d) a library

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d) a library

2. Ira says, 'This is the place where we buy vegetables.' Where is she?

a) at the library
b) at the swimming pool
c) at the market
d) at the railway station

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c) at the market

Associated Words

Words that end in -ace: fireplace, necklace, embrace, interface, cyberspace, menace

More words from this list

serious, team, worry, bracelet, creek, folder, highlighter, magnet

Next steps

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