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Spell Bee Word: Sponge


What does sponge mean?

Word: Sponge

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Sponge means a soft thing full of tiny holes that soaks up water. It is used for washing and wiping.

How do you spell sponge?

Syllables: sponge

Tricky part: The vowel sounds like u, as in sun, but it is spelt with an o.

Watch out for: spunge, spounge

Memory tip: A sponge cake is soft and full of tiny holes, like the sponge by the sink, and both are spelt with an o after sp.

Sponge in a sentence

Example 1: Mum wiped the table with a wet sponge.

Example 2: The sponge soaked up all the spilt milk.

Example 3: My yellow sponge floats in the bucket.

Fun Fact

Natural sponges are simple animals that live in the sea. They have no brain, no heart and no bones.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) napkin
b) bubble
c) sponj
d) bucket

Show answer

c) sponj. The j sound at the end is written g, then a silent e.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

sponnge

a) g
b) n
c) o
d) p

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b) n. One n is enough here.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

engops

a) spogne
b) sopnge
c) sponge
d) spnoge

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c) sponge. Say it slowly: s, p, the vowel, then n, and the last two letters close the word.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

I washed my bycycle with a soft sponge.

a) washed
b) bycycle
c) soft
d) sponge

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b) bycycle. Bicycle starts with bi, then cycle: b-i-c-y-c-l-e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Squeeze a wet sponge and ____.

a) it gets bigger
b) it turns hard
c) it changes colour
d) water drips out

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d) water drips out

2. A dry sponge is dipped in a bucket of water. Now it feels ____.

a) harder
b) drier
c) heavier
d) lighter

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c) heavier

Associated Words

Words that end in -nge: arrange, challenge, orange, strange

More words from this list

vegetarian, available, chalk, drowsy, grandchild, jaw, neigh, reality

Next steps

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