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Spell Bee Word: Spade

Spade (noun): a tool with a flat metal blade and a long handle, used for digging soil.


What does spade mean?

Word: Spade

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Spade means a tool with a flat metal blade and a long handle, used for digging soil.

How do you spell spade?

Syllables: spade

Tricky part: The e at the end is silent, but it is what makes the a long.

Watch out for: spayd, spaed

Memory tip: The silent e at the end of spade stands up straight like the spade's handle, and it makes the a say its name.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. call a spade a spade: To say plainly and honestly what something is. Example: "My sister calls a spade a spade: she told me plainly that my room was messy."

Spade in a sentence

Example 1: The gardener's spade hit a stone with a clang.

Example 2: Papa leans his spade against the garden wall.

Example 3: I helped plant marigolds with a small spade.

Fun Fact

Spades is also the name of one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandma dug a hole with her spadde.

a) spadde
b) dug
c) Grandma
d) hole

Show answer

a) spadde. Spade has one d, and then the silent e.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

daspe

a) spdae
b) sapde
c) sdape
d) spade

Show answer

d) spade. Every choice ends in e, so look at the start: only one begins with s and p, then the a.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

spade

a) broom
b) hammer
c) shovel
d) rake

Show answer

c) shovel. A shovel, like a spade, has a wide blade and a handle for moving soil.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) spade
b) tomatoe
c) garden
d) carrot

Show answer

b) tomatoe. Tomato ends in o with no e; spade, garden and carrot are spelt right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which garden job would you use a spade for?

a) planting a sapling
b) trimming a hedge
c) watering the plants
d) raking up leaves

Show answer

a) planting a sapling

2. After digging in wet soil, a spade is usually covered in ____.

a) paint
b) mud
c) sawdust
d) flour

Show answer

b) mud

Associated Words

Words that end in -ade: parade, lampshade, grade, lemonade

More words from this list

twelve, approve, caterpillar, doormat, gloomy, invent, motor, queen

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