Spell Bee Word: Price

What does price mean?

Word: Price

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Price means the amount of money you have to pay to buy something.

How do you spell price?

Syllables: price

Tricky part: The s sound at the end is spelt ce. Writing se gives a different word, so the c matters.

Watch out for: pricse, prisce

Memory tip: C for cash: the money word ends with ce.

Price in a sentence

Example 1: The price of tomatoes was chalked on a small board at the stall.

Example 2: Mum checked the price before buying my school shoes.

Example 3: The bookshop lowered the price of its old comics.

Fun Fact

Price and prize, the reward you win, both go back to the same Old French word, pris.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

price____

a) liss
b) less
c) les
d) lass

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b) less. Less means without, and priceless things are worth more than any money.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) pryce
b) customer
c) discount
d) bargain

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a) pryce. The long i sound in this word is spelt with a plain i, as in nice.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

price

a) sale
b) change
c) profit
d) cost

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d) cost. Asking what something costs is the same as asking its price.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

cpeir

a) prize
b) prince
c) price
d) pride

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c) price. Prince needs an n, pride needs a d, and prize has a z where the c should be.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A pen has a price of 20 rupees and you pay with a 50-rupee note. How much should you get back?

a) 20 rupees
b) 30 rupees
c) 70 rupees
d) 25 rupees

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b) 30 rupees

2. Which question asks about price?

a) When did this bag arrive?
b) Who made this bag?
c) How much is this bag?
d) Where is this bag from?

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c) How much is this bag?

Associated Words

Words that end in -ice: solstice, rejoice, justice, cowardice, advice, juice

More words from this list

severe, tricycle, agony, cast, desire, fable, indeed, minority

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

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