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Spell Bee Word: Terrace


What does terrace mean?

Word: Terrace

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Terrace means a flat open area on the roof of a building or right next to it, where people can sit.

How do you spell terrace?

Syllables: ter - race

Tricky part: The r is doubled in the middle, though you hear only one r sound. Children often write terace.

Watch out for: terace, tarrace

Memory tip: Run, run across the terrace: one r for each run.

Terrace in a sentence

Example 1: We dry red chillies on the terrace every summer.

Example 2: Grandma grows mint and tomatoes in pots on her terrace.

Example 3: From our terrace we can see the whole town light up at night.

Fun Fact

Rice farmers in the hills of Bali and the Philippines cut wide steps into the slopes. Each step is also called a terrace, and it stops rain washing the soil away.

Practise the CREST Way

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

terr___

a) ase
b) uss
c) ice
d) ace

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d) ace. The soft ending is spelt the same way as in palace and necklace; the other three make no word.

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) chimny
b) terrace
c) staircase
d) doorway

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a) chimny. Chimney has an e before its y, so chimny is the slip.

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?

terrace

a) react
b) treat
c) create
d) career

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b) treat. Treat needs two t's, but the given word has only one.

Sound Check

Which of the following words has the 'e' sound as in terrace?

a) eight
b) weird
c) friend
d) field

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c) friend. Friend is said 'frend', with a short e, even though it is spelt ie.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these would you most likely do on a terrace?

a) take a bus
b) catch a fish
c) fly a kite
d) row a boat

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c) fly a kite

2. Which part of a house is most like a terrace?

a) a cellar
b) a corridor
c) a balcony
d) a cupboard

Show answer

c) a balcony

Associated Words

Words that end in -ace: furnace, preface, grimace

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