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Spell Bee Word: Tour


What does tour mean?

Word: Tour

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Tour means a visit to several places one after another, or a walk round a building to see it. As a verb, to tour means to travel around a place.

Synonyms: visit, excursion

How do you spell tour?

Syllables: tour

Tricky part: Do not add an e at the end: the word stops at the r.

Watch out for: toure, tourre

Memory tip: Like car and star, tour stops at its r with no e after it.

Tour in a sentence

Example 1: Our class went on a tour of the Red Fort.

Example 2: The guide gave us a tour of the old tea factory.

Example 3: Next summer we will tour Scotland by train.

Fun Fact

The Tour de France, the famous cycle race, covers well over 3,000 kilometres in about three weeks.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

t__r

a) o, o
b) o, w
c) u, e
d) o, u

Show answer

d) o, u. Tour is spelt with ou, the same pair as in your and four.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

tour

a) rest
b) stay
c) trip
d) halt

Show answer

c) trip. A tour is a trip to see places; staying, resting and halting are not travelling.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) tiket
b) luggage
c) holiday
d) tour

Show answer

a) tiket. Ticket has ck in the middle, as pocket does; tour, holiday and luggage are correct.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

On our tour of the zoo, we counted six jiraffes and two zebras.

a) counted
b) tour
c) zebras
d) jiraffes

Show answer

d) jiraffes. Giraffe starts with a g, as gentle does.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A tour guide is someone who ____.

a) teaches maths at a school
b) sells tickets at a cinema
c) drives the school bus
d) shows visitors round a place

Show answer

d) shows visitors round a place

2. Which plan sounds most like a tour?

a) a quick run to the shop for milk
b) a move to a new house in town
c) a week visiting forts in Rajasthan
d) the daily ride home on the school bus

Show answer

c) a week visiting forts in Rajasthan

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: excursion

More words from this list

admittance, campus, delta, executive, image, melody, prawn, scrape

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