Spell Bee Word: Pod

What does pod mean?

Word: Pod

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Pod means a long, thin case that grows on plants such as beans and holds a row of seeds.

How do you spell pod?

Syllables: pod

Tricky part: The o is short, like the o in hot, and some pupils write a in its place because the two sounds are close.

Watch out for: paud, pawd

Memory tip: Picture the round o as a pea sitting snugly in the middle of the pod.

Pod in a sentence

Example 1: Grandma hung the drying pods near the window to save seeds for next year.

Example 2: Some pods are green and soft, while others turn brown and hard.

Example 3: Our science teacher showed us a pod and asked us to guess what was inside.

Fun Fact

The long, thin pods of the moringa tree, sometimes called drumsticks, are cooked and eaten as a vegetable in many countries.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the prefix that completes the word:

____pod

a) try
b) tre
c) tri
d) tra

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

odp

a) pad
b) prod
c) plod
d) pod

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Meera split open a bean podd and counted five seeds.

a) counted
b) seeds
c) podd
d) split

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) blosom
b) petel
c) pod
d) stauk

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these grows inside a pod?

a) potatoes
b) carrots
c) green peas
d) onions

2. Tamarind fruit grows in a brown pod. Which part do people usually eat?

a) the hard outer shell
b) the soft pulp inside
c) the thin leaves
d) the woody stem