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Spell Bee Word: Space


What does space mean?

Word: Space

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Space means the huge area beyond the Earth where the Sun, the Moon, the planets and the stars are. It can also mean an empty area where nothing is.

How do you spell space?

Syllables: space

Tricky part: The s sound near the end is written with a c, not an s. Spase is a very common slip.

Watch out for: spase, spaze

Memory tip: The c in this word says s. Think of the c in city and circle, which says s too.

Space in a sentence

Example 1: Rakesh wants to fly into space one day.

Example 2: There is no space left in my school bag.

Example 3: We made a model of a rocket for our space project.

Fun Fact

Space begins roughly 100 kilometres above the ground, at a line that many scientists call the Karman line.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) space
b) spaece
c) spayce
d) spaice

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a) space. No extra vowel sits next to the a.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

s_ace

a) t
b) w
c) p
d) l

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c) p. The word starts with sp, like spoon and spin.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The astronauts floated in spac for six months.

a) astronauts
b) spac
c) floated
d) months

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b) spac. The word needs a final e, which makes the a say its name.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

space

a) planet
b) room
c) noise
d) light

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b) room. When there is no room left in a bag, there is no space left in it either.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these travels into space?

a) a ship
b) a rocket
c) a bicycle
d) a lorry

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b) a rocket

2. Pia says, 'Leave a space between the words.' What does she mean?

a) a full stop
b) a small gap
c) a long line
d) a capital letter

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b) a small gap

Associated Words

Words that end in -ace: place, peace, fireplace, palace, brace, necklace

More words from this list

tunnel, appear, castle, double, goldfish, jackal, mountain, quilt

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