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Spell Bee Word: Popcorn


What does popcorn mean?

Word: Popcorn

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Popcorn means a snack made from corn kernels that burst open into light, fluffy white pieces when heated.

How do you spell popcorn?

Syllables: pop - corn

Tricky part: Corn starts with c, not k, and popcorn is one word with no space in it.

Watch out for: pop corn, popcon

Memory tip: Corn grows on a cob, and both start with a c.

Popcorn in a sentence

Example 1: We shared a big tub of popcorn at the cinema.

Example 2: Mummy makes popcorn in a pressure cooker on rainy evenings.

Example 3: The popcorn jumped against the lid as it cooked.

Fun Fact

Each corn kernel holds a tiny drop of water; when heated it turns to steam, and the kernel bursts open with a little bang.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) pepcorn
b) pupcorn
c) papcorn
d) popcorn

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d) popcorn. The first half has an o, the same vowel as in hop.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

poppcorn

a) r
b) o
c) p
d) c

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c) p. Only one p comes before the c.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) sandwich
b) biscuit
c) chocolate
d) popcorne

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d) popcorne. Popcorn ends with the n; no e comes after it.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ocnpopr

a) popcron
b) popcorn
c) ppocorn
d) pocpron

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b) popcorn. Popcron, ppocorn and pocpron use a c, as popcorn does, but put the letters in the wrong order.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Another snack made by heating grains until they puff up is ____.

a) banana chips
b) potato chips
c) puffed rice
d) peanut chikki

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c) puffed rice

2. Which words describe freshly made popcorn best?

a) wet and soft
b) heavy and sticky
c) light and crunchy
d) hard and smooth

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c) light and crunchy

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