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Spell Bee Word: Purple


What does purple mean?

Word: Purple

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Purple means the colour you get by mixing red and blue paint, like the colour of some grapes.

How do you spell purple?

Syllables: pur - ple

Tricky part: The first part is pur, with u-r, not er.

Watch out for: perple, pirple

Memory tip: Purple and purse both start with p-u-r. Picture a purple purse.

Purple in a sentence

Example 1: My favourite crayon is purple.

Example 2: The jamun left purple stains on my fingers.

Example 3: She tied a purple ribbon in her hair.

Fun Fact

Long ago, purple dye was made from sea snails. It cost so much that mostly kings and queens wore purple clothes.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) purpal
b) purple
c) purpel
d) purpul

Show answer

b) purple. Purple ends with l-e, like apple and simple.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lpuerp

a) puprle
b) purlpe
c) pruple
d) purple

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d) purple. Start with pur, then fit in the three letters left.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

purpple

a) r
b) l
c) p
d) u

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c) p. Purple has two p's, but they never sit side by side.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

I drew a purple buterfly in my book.

a) drew
b) purple
c) book
d) buterfly

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d) buterfly. Butterfly is butter and fly put together, so it has two t's.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which colour of the rainbow is closest to purple?

a) orange
b) green
c) violet
d) yellow

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c) violet

2. Which vegetable often has a shiny purple skin?

a) potato
b) cucumber
c) brinjal
d) carrot

Show answer

c) brinjal

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with p: porcupine, pretty, postman, palm, pink, play

More words from this list

sky, tree, ankle, brook, crate, February, heater, Monday

Next steps

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