Spell Bee Word: Track

What does track mean?

Word: Track

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Track means a rough path or narrow road, often through fields or a forest. It can also be the path that runners race around.

Synonyms: path

How do you spell track?

Syllables: track

Tricky part: After the short a, the k sound is spelt ck. Writing trak is a common slip.

Watch out for: trak, trac

Memory tip: In a short one-beat word, a k sound straight after a short vowel is usually spelt ck.

Track in a sentence

Example 1: A narrow track led up the hill to the tea garden.

Example 2: The race starts on the track at nine o'clock.

Example 3: We walked along a dusty track to Grandma's farm.

Fun Fact

A standard outdoor running track measures 400 metres around its inside lane.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rcatk

a) tarck
b) artck
c) track
d) rtack

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c) track. Only one of these orders makes a real word: a path you can walk or run on.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

t_ack

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

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b) r. Say it slowly: there is an r sound right after the t.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

traack

a) c
b) r
c) a
d) k

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c) a. The vowel is short, so one a is enough.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) track
b) medow
c) forest
d) valley

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b) medow. Meadow has e and a side by side, then ow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these runs on a track?

a) a boat
b) a train
c) a cloud
d) a kite

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b) a train

2. The children found deer tracks in the soft mud. What had they found?

a) leaves left by trees
b) water left by rain
c) marks left by feet
d) stones left by a river

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c) marks left by feet

Associated Words

Words that start with tra: travel, tram, trash, tradition, training

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Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

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