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Spell Bee Word: Tie


What does tie mean?

Word: Tie

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Tie means a long strip of cloth worn around the neck under a shirt collar and knotted at the front.

Sounds like: Thai (From Thailand, or the language spoken there.)

How do you spell tie?

Syllables: tie

Tricky part: Tie sounds exactly like Thai, the word for people and things from Thailand, so think about the meaning before you write it.

Watch out for: tiy, tiie

Memory tip: A tie goes round your neck; Thai food comes from Thailand. Same sound, different spelling.

Tie in a sentence

Example 1: I wear a blue tie with my school uniform.

Example 2: Papa helped me knot my tie.

Example 3: Can you tie your shoelaces by yourself?

Fun Fact

The tie grew out of the cravat, a neck cloth that Croatian soldiers wore in France in the 1600s. The word cravat comes from the French word for a Croat.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) pocket
b) button
c) jacket
d) tye

Show answer

d) tye. The long i sound at the end of tie is spelt ie, as in pie.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: tie

a) fasten
b) untie
c) bind
d) knot

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b) untie. When you tie a lace you make a knot; when you untie it, the knot comes undone.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ite

a) tie
b) iet
c) tei
d) eti

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a) tie. Only one choice is the strip of cloth you knot at your collar.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these do people usually wear with a tie?

a) a night suit
b) a formal shirt
c) a swimming suit
d) a sports vest

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b) a formal shirt

2. A cricket match is a tie when both teams ____.

a) bat for longer
b) play in the rain
c) win by many runs
d) finish with equal runs

Show answer

d) finish with equal runs

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with t: thank, twenty, tree, tomorrow, town, tired

More words from this list

aim, bored, colt, factory, grow, mango, poem, shark

Next steps

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