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Spell Bee Word: Suitcase


What does suitcase mean?

Word: Suitcase

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Suitcase means a box-shaped bag with a handle, used to carry clothes and other things when you travel.

Synonyms: bag, trunk

How do you spell suitcase?

Syllables: suit - case

Tricky part: Suit has ui making the 'oo' sound, so children write sootcase or sutcase. Some add an e and write suitecase.

Watch out for: sootcase, sutcase, suitecase

Memory tip: In suit, the u and i stand side by side with the u first, the same pair as in fruit and juice.

Suitcase in a sentence

Example 1: Mummy packed the suitcase the night before our trip to Goa.

Example 2: My suitcase has wheels, so I can pull it through the station.

Example 3: The suitcase was so full that Papa had to sit on it to close it.

Fun Fact

The first suitcases with wheels went on sale in the early 1970s. Before that, travellers carried their cases or paid porters to do it.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) suitcasse
b) suitcase
c) suitcaise
d) suitkase

Show answer

b) suitcase. Case keeps its plain c, one a and one s when it joins suit.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) luggege
b) tickit
c) pasport
d) suitcase

Show answer

d) suitcase. Luggage ends in age, passport has a double s and ticket ends in et.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

suittcase

a) t
b) s
c) u
d) c

Show answer

a) t. The suit in suitcase has only one t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dadi took her suitcase to the bus stand. She was most likely ____.

a) buying milk nearby
b) taking a short walk
c) going on a trip
d) going to the dentist

Show answer

c) going on a trip

2. Suitcases, bags and trunks taken on a trip are all called ____.

a) stationery
b) cutlery
c) luggage
d) furniture

Show answer

c) luggage

Associated Words

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