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Spell Bee Word: Spaghetti


What does spaghetti mean?

Word: Spaghetti

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Spaghetti means long, thin strings of pasta, served with a sauce.

How do you spell spaghetti?

Syllables: spa - ghet - ti

Tricky part: The h after the g is silent, so students write the word as they hear it and leave it out.

Watch out for: spagetti, spagheti, spaghhetti

Memory tip: Ghee begins with the same gh, and the h is just as silent. Think of a spoonful of ghee going onto your plate of this pasta.

Spaghetti in a sentence

Example 1: Kabir twirled the spaghetti around his fork and still dropped some on his shirt.

Example 2: We had spaghetti with tomato sauce and a little grated cheese for dinner.

Example 3: Our cookery club learnt to make spaghetti with a spicy Indian-style sauce.

Fun Fact

In Italian the word means little strings, which is a good description of what lands on your plate.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

spagh_tt_

a) e,y
b) e,i
c) e,e
d) a,i

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b) e,i. The middle beat rhymes with get, and the word closes with the Italian i.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

spaaghetti

a) h
b) g
c) a
d) t

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c) a. This opening beat is spelt with a single a.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tpihgaets

a) spaniel
b) spaghetti
c) sparkling
d) spatula

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b) spaghetti. The other three have an l, which the jumble does not contain.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) spaghetti
b) cappuccino
c) brocolli
d) macaroni

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c) brocolli. Broccoli is the other way round: two c's and one l.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dry spaghetti is usually made from ____.

a) ground maize
b) rice flour
c) wheat flour
d) mashed potato

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c) wheat flour

2. What is the right way to cook dry spaghetti?

a) on a grill over hot coals
b) in a hot dry oven
c) in a bowl of cold milk
d) in a pan of boiling water

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d) in a pan of boiling water

Associated Words

Words that start with spa: sparse, sparkle, spare

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