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Spell Bee Word: Rice


What does rice mean?

Word: Rice

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Rice means small grains that we cook and eat. Rice plants grow in wet fields called paddy fields.

How do you spell rice?

Syllables: rice

Tricky part: The s sound at the end is spelt ce. Spelling by sound often gives rics, or rise, which is a different word altogether.

Watch out for: rics, ris, ricse

Memory tip: Think of the c and the e at the end as two grains of rice sitting side by side in the pot.

Rice in a sentence

Example 1: Amma made lemon rice for lunch.

Example 2: We eat dal and rice at home.

Example 3: The farmer planted rice in the paddy field.

Fun Fact

India and China grow more rice than any other countries in the world.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) wheat
b) butter
c) ryce
d) pickle

Show answer

c) ryce. Rice has an i in the middle, not a y.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

ricce

a) i
b) r
c) e
d) c

Show answer

d) c. Rice ends in ce with just one c.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

sand, ____, pea, marble

a) rice
b) brick
c) coconut
d) melon

Show answer

a) rice. Each thing is a little bigger: a grain of rice is bigger than sand but smaller than a pea.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Amma cooked rice with fresh vegitables.

a) cooked
b) rice
c) fresh
d) vegitables

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d) vegitables. Vegetables has an e after the g: veg-e-ta-bles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which breakfast food is made from rice?

a) paratha
b) idli
c) chapati
d) bread

Show answer

b) idli

2. Before we cook rice, we usually ____ it.

a) grate
b) wash
c) fry
d) peel

Show answer

b) wash

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ri: rickshaw, ripple, rider, right

More words from this list

spine, waiter, badger, careless, December, flour, inspect, nest

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