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Spell Bee Word: Tractor


What does tractor mean?

Word: Tractor

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Tractor means a strong vehicle with big back wheels, used on farms to pull ploughs, trailers and other machines.

How do you spell tractor?

Syllables: trac - tor

Tricky part: The end is tor, not ter or tar, even though it sounds like ter.

Watch out for: tractar, tracktar, trator

Memory tip: Hear the tractor start up: tor, tor, tor. That sound is the ending you write.

Tractor in a sentence

Example 1: The farmer drove the tractor out to the field.

Example 2: A tractor pulled the trailer full of sugar cane.

Example 3: My toy tractor has big black back wheels.

Fun Fact

One of the first tractors with a petrol engine was built in the USA in 1892.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) tractor
b) traktor
c) tracctor
d) tracktor

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a) tractor. A single c makes the k sound before the t.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

cartrot

a) tarctor
b) tractor
c) tratcor
d) tartcor

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b) tractor. Say each choice aloud: only one sounds like the machine in the field.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

tr_ctor

a) i
b) e
c) u
d) a

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d) a. Fill the gap with a and you get the farm machine; no other vowel makes a word.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The tractor pulled a hevy cart up the hill.

a) tractor
b) hevy
c) cart
d) hill

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b) hevy. Heavy has ea in the middle, as head does.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does a tractor have very big back wheels?

a) to make it look taller
b) to go faster on roads
c) to grip soft, muddy ground
d) to carry more passengers

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c) to grip soft, muddy ground

2. Which of these is a farm machine, like a tractor?

a) a crane
b) a scooter
c) a harvester
d) a forklift

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c) a harvester

Associated Words

Words that end in -tor: motor, monitor, calculator, inventor, alligator, resistor

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