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Spell Bee Word: River


What does river mean?

Word: River

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: River means a long, natural flow of fresh water that moves across the land.

How do you spell river?

Syllables: riv - er

Tricky part: The ending is er, as in water. Children often write ar instead.

Watch out for: rivar, rivr

Memory tip: A river is full of water, and the two words end with the same er.

River in a sentence

Example 1: The Ganga is a long river in India.

Example 2: We sat on the river bank and threw pebbles.

Example 3: A boat sailed slowly down the river.

Fun Fact

The Ganga begins at the Gangotri Glacier, high in the Himalayas.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) valley
b) rivver
c) mountain
d) forest

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b) rivver. Only one v sits in the middle of this word.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

vreir

a) irver
b) rvier
c) vrier
d) river

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d) river. The answer is the word for the Ganga, the Yamuna and the Kaveri.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

r_ver

a) y
b) i
c) u
d) e

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b) i. The first vowel is the short i of sit.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

stream, ____, sea, ocean

a) raindrop
b) river
c) puddle
d) well

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b) river. Each one is bigger than the one before: a stream grows into a river, and a river flows into the sea.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The place where a river begins is called its ____.

a) bed
b) source
c) bank
d) mouth

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b) source

2. Which one of these Indian names belongs to a river?

a) the Thar
b) the Godavari
c) the Himalaya
d) the Deccan

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b) the Godavari

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