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Spell Bee Word: Pocket


What does pocket mean?

Word: Pocket

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Pocket means a small cloth pouch sewn into clothes, used to carry small things.

How do you spell pocket?

Syllables: pock - et

Tricky part: The middle has c and k side by side: ck. Leaving out the c is the most common slip.

Watch out for: poket, pokcet, pokket

Memory tip: Imagine a clock in your pocket: clock and pocket both have ck.

Pocket in a sentence

Example 1: I kept my pocket money in my shirt pocket.

Example 2: Dad found an old bus ticket in his pocket.

Example 3: The kangaroo carries her baby in a pocket of skin.

Fun Fact

The tiny pocket inside the front pocket of jeans was first made to hold a pocket watch.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) pockut
b) pockit
c) pocket
d) pockat

Show answer

c) pocket. The ending of pocket is e-t, as in rocket.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ckpteo

a) pockte
b) pcoket
c) pocket
d) pocekt

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c) pocket. Find the ck pair, then place the other letters around it.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

pocoket

a) o
b) e
c) k
d) c

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a) o. Pocket has one o, straight after the p.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Meera found a blue marbel in her pocket.

a) found
b) blue
c) marbel
d) pocket

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c) marbel. Marble ends in le, not el.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is too big to fit in a shirt pocket?

a) a hair clip
b) a small coin
c) a cricket bat
d) a tiny key

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c) a cricket bat

2. If there is a hole in your pocket, your coins may ____.

a) fall out
b) stick together
c) get hot
d) get wet

Show answer

a) fall out

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