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Spell Bee Word: Three


What does three mean?

Word: Three

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Three means the number 3, one more than two.

How do you spell three?

Syllables: three

Tricky part: Many people say the number with a plain t sound. Three starts with th, so put your tongue between your teeth.

Watch out for: tre, tri

Memory tip: Three starts with th, like thumb and thank.

Three in a sentence

Example 1: I have three pencils in my box.

Example 2: Our cat had three kittens.

Example 3: Three of us share one big tiffin box.

Fun Fact

The Indian flag is called the Tiranga, which means three colours: saffron, white and green.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) thre
b) seven
c) twelve
d) eleven

Show answer

a) thre. Three ends with a double e.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

th_ee

a) l
b) r
c) n
d) w

Show answer

b) r. Say three slowly and you hear the r after th.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

five, four, ____, two

a) three
b) seven
c) one
d) six

Show answer

a) three. This line counts down by one, so after four comes three.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Three little monkies climbed up the mango tree.

a) monkies
b) climbed
c) little
d) mango

Show answer

a) monkies. Monkey keeps its ey and just adds s: monkeys.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these has three wheels?

a) an auto-rickshaw
b) a car
c) a scooter
d) a bicycle

Show answer

a) an auto-rickshaw

2. Which shape has three sides?

a) a circle
b) a rectangle
c) a square
d) a triangle

Show answer

d) a triangle

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with th: thirsty, thank, Thursday, thirteen, thigh

More words from this list

advise, blue, coconut, exam, greedy, loud, playtime, shade

Next steps

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