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Spell Bee Word: Reef


What does reef mean?

Word: Reef

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Reef means a long line of rock, sand or coral lying just under or at the surface of the sea.

How do you spell reef?

Syllables: reef

Tricky part: The word ends with a single f, not ff or ph.

Watch out for: reeff, reefe

Memory tip: One reef, one f: the word stops at a single f.

Reef in a sentence

Example 1: Colourful fish swim around the coral reef.

Example 2: The boat had to steer clear of the rocky reef.

Example 3: There are coral reefs near the Andaman Islands.

Fun Fact

The Great Barrier Reef off Australia is the largest coral reef system in the world and stretches for more than 2,000 kilometres.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We watched the waves break over the reef from our hotel windo.

a) windo
b) reef
c) waves
d) hotel

Show answer

a) windo. Window ends in -ow, like snow.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) dolfin
b) oister
c) reef
d) lobstar

Show answer

c) reef. Dolphin uses ph for its f sound, lobster ends like monster, and oyster starts with oy.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

reef

a) island
b) beach
c) ridge
d) harbour

Show answer

c) ridge. A reef is a ridge of rock or coral hidden just under the water.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

r_ _f

a) e, a
b) e, i
c) e, e
d) i, e

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c) e, e. Reef takes a double e, as in see and tree.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animal lives on a coral reef?

a) a polar bear
b) a walrus
c) a clownfish
d) a river otter

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c) a clownfish

2. Why do ships keep away from a reef?

a) Large whales gather there.
b) The water there is too salty.
c) They could get stuck on the rocks.
d) Strong winds always blow there.

Show answer

c) They could get stuck on the rocks.

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