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Spell Bee Word: Roam


What does roam mean?

Word: Roam

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Roam means to walk or travel around slowly with no fixed plan of where to go.

Synonyms: wander, stroll

Antonyms: stay

Sounds like: Rome (the capital city of Italy)

How do you spell roam?

Syllables: roam

Tricky part: Roam uses oa for its long o sound. Writing ow or ou in the middle is the usual slip.

Watch out for: rowm, roum, roame

Memory tip: Think of a small boat that likes to roam the sea. Write boat, swap b-t for r-m, and you have roam.

Roam in a sentence

Example 1: Goats roam freely on the hills near our village.

Example 2: On Sunday we roamed around the old fort for hours.

Example 3: Our dog likes to roam the garden sniffing every flower.

Fun Fact

When a mobile phone is used in another country, away from its usual network, people say it is roaming. That use comes straight from this word.

Practise the CREST Way

Sound Check

Which of the following words rhymes with roam?

a) from
b) worm
c) room
d) home

Show answer

d) home. Say them aloud: roam and home finish with an identical sound, though home is spelt o-m-e.

Spell Spies

Choose the pair which has a spelling error:

a) stop : stoped
b) play : played
c) cry : cried
d) roam : roamed

Show answer

a) stop : stoped. Stop doubles its p before ed, so the past form is stopped.

Word Champ

In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?

1. roast 2. roam 3. robot

a) 132
b) 321
c) 213
d) 123

Show answer

c) 213. Roam and roast share roa, and m comes before s; robot, with b as its third letter, comes after both.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cows that roam the hills are ___.

a) kept inside a small pen
b) tied to a post in a shed
c) sleeping in one spot all day
d) going here and there

Show answer

d) going here and there

2. Where can wild elephants roam freely?

a) on a railway platform
b) in a national park
c) inside a shopping mall
d) in a school library

Show answer

b) in a national park

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: wander

More words from this list

squash, toothache, adjust, buttermilk, dragonfly, foggy, jealous, own

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