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Spell Bee Word: Rosebud


What does rosebud mean?

Word: Rosebud

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Rosebud means a rose flower that has not opened yet, with its petals still tightly closed.

How do you spell rosebud?

Syllables: rose - bud

Tricky part: The s in the middle has a z sound, as in music, so children often write rozebud.

Watch out for: rozebud, rozbud

Memory tip: A bee buzzing round a rosebud says zzz, but the flower's name still uses an s for that buzzing sound.

Rosebud in a sentence

Example 1: Grandma showed me a red rosebud on the plant by the gate.

Example 2: The gardener cut one rosebud and put it in a small vase.

Example 3: The rosebud was wet with tiny drops of dew.

Fun Fact

People sometimes describe a small, round, pretty mouth as a rosebud mouth.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Fusion

Add the correct option to the unfinished word to make a new word:

Pinki pointed to a tiny pink rose_______ hidden among the green leaves.

a) bood
b) budd
c) buud
d) bud

Show answer

d) bud. A bud is a flower that has not opened yet, and it needs only one d.

Jumble Tumble

Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:

dbrouse 1234567

a) 4367251
b) 3647251
c) 3476251
d) 3467251

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d) 3467251. Follow 3, 4, 6, 7, 2, 5, 1 and the letters come out as rosebud.

Sound Check

Which of the following words has the 'o' sound as in rosebud?

a) noon
b) not
c) now
d) nose

Show answer

d) nose. Nose has the long o of rosebud; not, noon and now all use different sounds.

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?

rosebud

a) dress
b) sure
c) rude
d) bored

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a) dress. The letter s turns up once in rosebud but twice in dress.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will a rosebud become after a few days of sunshine?

a) a thorny stem
b) an open rose
c) a small seed
d) a green leaf

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b) an open rose

2. What can you often feel on the stem just below a rosebud?

a) tiny shells
b) smooth scales
c) sharp thorns
d) soft feathers

Show answer

c) sharp thorns

Associated Words

More Class 2 Winter Spell Bee words starting with r: runway, raisin, railing, rinse, roam, rapid

More words from this list

starry, triple, against, Chinese, drill, frost, jumpy, paddle

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