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Spell Bee Word: Pulse


What does pulse mean?

Word: Pulse

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Pulse means the steady beat you can feel at your wrist or neck as your heart pushes blood around your body.

How do you spell pulse?

Syllables: pulse

Tricky part: A plain s sound closes this word, but the spelling is se, so children write puls or pulce.

Watch out for: puls, pulce

Memory tip: Your pulse does not stop short, and neither does this word: a quiet e follows the s, like the soft end of a heartbeat.

Pulse in a sentence

Example 1: Our science teacher showed us how to find a pulse.

Example 2: My pulse was racing when the relay began.

Example 3: A baby's pulse is faster than a grown-up's.

Fun Fact

The same spelling has a second meaning: pulses are seeds such as lentils and chickpeas, the kind that go into dal. The two words have different histories.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

poulse

a) o
b) s
c) u
d) l

Show answer

a) o. A lone u is the vowel in this word.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) stomach
b) muscel
c) shoulder
d) pulse

Show answer

b) muscel. A muscle has a silent c and ends in le.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

After the long race, Tara felt the pulse in her rist with two fingers.

a) pulse
b) fingers
c) rist
d) race

Show answer

c) rist. A wrist starts with a silent w.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lespu

a) puels
b) pusle
c) pluse
d) pulse

Show answer

d) pulse. Look for the l straight after the u; one option has it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When would your pulse be at its fastest?

a) during a soft bedtime song
b) while lying on your bed at night
c) while sitting still with a good book
d) after running up three flights of stairs

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d) after running up three flights of stairs

2. To time your pulse for a minute, what would help you most?

a) a set of kitchen weighing scales
b) a ruler with clear markings
c) a watch with a second hand
d) a jug with a measuring scale

Show answer

c) a watch with a second hand

Associated Words

More Class 3 Summer Spell Bee words starting with p: playground, parakeet, perhaps, princess, pint, population

More words from this list

sorry, wedding, bargain, city, dignity, forest, inspiration, monitor

Next steps

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