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Spell Bee Word: Soap


What does soap mean?

Word: Soap

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Soap means something you rub with water to wash dirt off your hands, body or clothes.

How do you spell soap?

Syllables: soap

Tricky part: The long o sound is spelt oa, as in boat and coat.

Watch out for: sope, soep

Memory tip: In soap, o and a hold hands in the middle like two slippery friends who never let go.

Soap in a sentence

Example 1: Scrub your nails with soap after playing in the mud.

Example 2: This soap smells of sandalwood.

Example 3: The soap slipped out of my wet hands.

Fun Fact

Washing your hands with soap for about 20 seconds removes many of the germs on them.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

soape

a) p
b) s
c) e
d) a

Show answer

c) e. Boat has no e at the end, and nor does soap.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

soa_

a) b
b) d
c) p
d) m

Show answer

c) p. Press your lips together for the last sound: p, as in cup.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

wet hands, ____, scrub, rinse

a) towel
b) brush
c) soap
d) comb

Show answer

c) soap. You wet your hands, rub on soap, scrub them well and then rinse.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) towel
b) soap
c) bucket
d) sponje

Show answer

d) sponje. Sponge ends in ge, not je; towel, soap and bucket are spelt right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rub soap between wet hands and it makes ____.

a) crumbs
b) bubbles
c) dust
d) steam

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b) bubbles

2. Where would you usually keep a bar of soap?

a) near the washbasin
b) on the dining table
c) in your school bag
d) on the bookshelf

Show answer

a) near the washbasin

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with s: settle, stall, shelter, sink, simple, sandy

More words from this list

tropical, amaze, canteen, dirty, gather, income, milkshake, proof

Next steps

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