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Spell Bee Word: road


Basic Details

Word: Road

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A long, hard path built for cars, buses, bicycles and people to travel on from one place to another.

Synonyms: street, lane

Sounds like: rode (went on a bike, horse or bus; the past of ride); rowed (moved a boat with oars)

How to Spell Road

Syllables: road

Tricky part: The middle is oa, two vowels that make one long o sound. Children who spell by sound often write rode, which is a different word.

Watch out for: raod, rowd, roade

Memory tip: A toad sat in the middle of the road. Road and toad share the same o-a-d ending, so picture that toad whenever you write road.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. hit the road: to set off on a trip Example: "We hit the road at six in the morning to reach Ooty by lunch."

Usage Examples

Example 1: Look left and right before you cross the road.

Example 2: The road to Nani's village is full of puddles in the monsoon.

Example 3: A cow sat right in the middle of the road, and every car had to wait.

Fun Fact

Long ago, road meant a ride on horseback. It comes from the same old English word as ride.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Champ

Choose the correct word for the blank:

The bus went slowly down the bumpy ___.

a) rowed
b) rode
c) road
d) rod

Show answer

c) road. A path for buses is a road; rode and rowed are things you did.

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) load
b) coat
c) raod
d) toad

Show answer

c) raod. The o comes before the a in road, just as in load and toad.

Sound Check

Which of the following words does not rhyme with road?

a) broad
b) showed
c) load
d) code

Show answer

a) broad. The oa in broad says aw, as in saw.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would you most likely see a traffic signal?

a) in a pond
b) in a cupboard
c) on a tree
d) on a road

Show answer

d) on a road

2. A lorry, a ship, a fish or a cloud: only one moves along a road. Pick it.

a) a cloud
b) a ship
c) a lorry
d) a fish

Show answer

c) a lorry

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Next steps

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