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Spell Bee Word: Soup


What does soup mean?

Word: Soup

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Soup means a hot, runny food made by cooking vegetables, lentils or meat in water. You eat it with a spoon.

How do you spell soup?

Syllables: soup

Tricky part: You hear oo, but soup spells that sound with ou, as in you.

Watch out for: soop, suop, sowp

Memory tip: Soup has o and u in it: o for the bowl and u for the spoon that lifts it.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. in the soup: In trouble. Example: "We will be in the soup if we are late again."

Soup in a sentence

Example 1: Mama made tomato soup for dinner.

Example 2: Blow on your soup before you sip it.

Example 3: Hot soup feels good on a cold day.

Fun Fact

Rasam, a thin and spicy South Indian soup, is usually made with tamarind and tomatoes.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) bread
b) soupe
c) butter
d) cheese

Show answer

b) soupe. There is nothing after the p in soup.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

vegetables, water, boil, ____

a) soup
b) toast
c) ice
d) salad

Show answer

a) soup. Put vegetables in water, boil them, and they turn into a hot bowl of soup.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

_oup

a) t
b) b
c) s
d) f

Show answer

c) s. The word starts with a hissing s sound.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should you do if your soup is too hot to eat?

a) stir in some sugar
b) add some ice cream
c) let it cool a little
d) put it in the sun

Show answer

c) let it cool a little

2. What does a cook use to pour soup into bowls?

a) a fork
b) a whisk
c) a ladle
d) a knife

Show answer

c) a ladle

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with so: soldier, sofa, someone, solid

More words from this list

unicycle, avoid, camera, dancer, flight, imagine, need, release

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

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Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

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