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Spell Bee Word: Poor


What does poor mean?

Word: Poor

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Poor means having very little money. We also say poor for someone who is having a bad time, as in The poor puppy is wet.

Antonyms: rich

How do you spell poor?

Syllables: poor

Tricky part: Poor has two o letters, but they do not make the oo sound you hear in moon or food.

Watch out for: puor, powr

Memory tip: The two o's in poor are like two empty pockets with no coins in them.

Poor in a sentence

Example 1: The poor bird could not find its nest.

Example 2: Grandpa gives warm clothes to poor families every winter.

Example 3: Raju shared his lunch with a poor man.

Fun Fact

Poor came into English through French from the Latin word pauper, which is still an English word for a very poor person.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell Spies

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) poor
b) poore

Show answer

a) poor. Poore has an extra letter at the end that poor does not need.

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

poo_

a) m
b) r

Show answer

b) r. The gap needs r; poom is not a word.

Jumble Tumble

Rearrange the jumbled letters to form a hidden word:

orpo

a) proo
b) poor

Show answer

b) poor. Proo is not a word; these four letters make only poor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Raju says, Poor kitten, it has lost its ball. How does Raju feel?

a) angry with the kitten
b) bored by the kitten
c) scared of the kitten
d) sad for the kitten

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d) sad for the kitten

2. Our school gives books to poor children. Why does it do this?

a) they have too many books
b) they cannot buy many books
c) they do not like books
d) they want old toys

Show answer

b) they cannot buy many books

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: rich

More words from this list

so, this, year, body, dad, find, high, last

Next steps

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