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Spell Bee Word: Raindrop


What does raindrop mean?

Word: Raindrop

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Raindrop means one tiny bead of water that falls from the sky as rain.

How do you spell raindrop?

Syllables: rain - drop

Tricky part: The long a sound in rain is spelt ai. Children sometimes write rane or rein for the first part.

Watch out for: ranedrop, reindrop, rainedrop

Memory tip: Remember that a and i both get wet in the rain.

Raindrop in a sentence

Example 1: A raindrop landed on my nose.

Example 2: Raindrops ran down the car window.

Example 3: Zoe tried to catch raindrops on her tongue.

Fun Fact

Small raindrops are almost round. They are not the teardrop shape we draw.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Fusion

Add the correct option to the following to make a new word: rain_______

a) cup
b) drop
c) lamp
d) bread

Show answer

b) drop. A raindrop is one drop of rain, so rain joins with drop.

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word? raindrop

a) pond
b) pride
c) drain
d) road

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b) pride. Pride ends in e, a letter raindrop does not contain.

Jumble Tumble

Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form the name of something that falls from a cloud?

a) pordnaim
b) pordnail
c) pordnair
d) tordnair

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c) pordnair. Pordnair has every letter of raindrop and nothing else.

Sound Check

Which of the following words has the 'o' sound as in raindrop?

a) door
b) shop
c) rope
d) move

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b) shop. Shop has the short o of drop; rope, move and door use o for other sounds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does a raindrop come from?

a) a cloud
b) a tap
c) a tree
d) a river

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a) a cloud

2. What do you open to keep raindrops off you?

a) a torch
b) a fan
c) an umbrella
d) a mirror

Show answer

c) an umbrella

Associated Words

More Class 1 Winter Spell Bee words starting with r: rise, rush, rectangle, rub, repeat, ready

More words from this list

single, system, twinkle, blank, cube, gush, mass, pair

Next steps

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