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Spell Bee Word: Refugee


What does refugee mean?

Word: Refugee

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Refugee means a person who has had to leave their home or country to escape war, danger or a disaster.

How do you spell refugee?

Syllables: ref - u - gee

Tricky part: The g is soft, so it sounds like j, and the word ends in a double e.

Watch out for: refujee, refugie, refugey

Memory tip: The double e at the end is said like the ee in free, and to be free from danger is what every refugee hopes for.

Refugee in a sentence

Example 1: The refugees were given food, blankets and medicine at the camp.

Example 2: My grandfather came to Delhi as a refugee when he was only six.

Example 3: The charity helps refugee children go back to school.

Fun Fact

World Refugee Day is marked by the United Nations every year on 20 June.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) comittee
b) jubilie
c) guarentee
d) refugee

Show answer

d) refugee. Jubilee ends in ee, guarantee has an a after the r and committee a second m, so refugee is the only correct one.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

reffugee

a) g
b) f
c) u
d) r

Show answer

b) f. Refuge has a single f, and so does refugee.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gufeere

a) refugee
b) feature
c) referee
d) revenue

Show answer

a) refugee. Referee has no g or u, revenue needs a v and an n, and feature an a and a t; only refugee uses all seven letters.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

r_f_gee

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

Show answer

c) e, u. The first vowel is the short e of red, and the second is a u, as in fun.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why might a refugee family need help with food and shelter?

a) they are away on a long holiday
b) they left home and things behind
c) they won a free trip abroad
d) they moved for a better-paid job

Show answer

b) they left home and things behind

2. Which word is closest in meaning to refugee?

a) traveller
b) tourist
c) exile
d) visitor

Show answer

c) exile

Associated Words

Words that start with ref: refer, refrigerator, referendum, reflect

More words from this list

storage, verse, associate, concern, dramatic, gherkin, kingdom, opportunity

Next steps

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