Spell Bee Word: Spaceship

Spaceship (noun): a vehicle that carries people or things up into space.

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What does spaceship mean?

Word: Spaceship

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Spaceship means a vehicle that carries people or things up into space.

Synonyms: spacecraft

How do you spell spaceship?

Syllables: space - ship

Tricky part: The e at the end of the first part stays when ship is added, so e and s sit side by side.

Watch out for: spacship, spaceshep

Memory tip: When two words join, the first keeps its last e: think of the e as the hatch that holds the two halves together.

Spaceship in a sentence

Example 1: The spaceship rose into the sky with a loud roar.

Example 2: Aarav built a spaceship out of cardboard boxes.

Example 3: The spaceship has tiny round windows.

Fun Fact

Yuri Gagarin became the first person to travel into space in 1961, on board a Soviet spacecraft.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) spaseship
b) telescope
c) planet
d) rocket

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a) spaseship. The s sound in space is spelt with a c.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our model spaceshipp has paper wings.

a) paper
b) spaceshipp
c) model
d) wings

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b) spaceshipp. Ship ends in a single p, as in shop and drip.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

speshacip

a) spacehsip
b) spaceship
c) sapceship
d) spacesihp

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b) spaceship. Three of the choices jumble the letters of ship or space; only one has both in order.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who travels in a spaceship?

a) a farmer
b) a fisherman
c) a postman
d) an astronaut

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d) an astronaut

2. Which of these has a spaceship landed on?

a) a cloud
b) a star
c) the Sun
d) the Moon

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d) the Moon

Associated Words

Words that end in -ship: leadership, championship, friendship, scholarship, hardship, internship

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: spacecraft

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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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