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Spell Bee Word: Train


What does train mean?

Word: Train

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Train means a long line of carriages pulled by an engine along a railway track.

How do you spell train?

Syllables: train

Tricky part: Train has no e at the end, even though cake, lake and plane do. Spelling by sound often gives trane.

Watch out for: trane, traine

Memory tip: The last carriage of the train is the n: nothing hangs on behind it, so there is no e at the end.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. train of thought: The ideas you are thinking about one after another. Example: "The doorbell rang and broke my train of thought."

Train in a sentence

Example 1: We took the night train to Pune.

Example 2: The train stopped at every small station.

Example 3: Aryan waved at the driver of the goods train.

Fun Fact

The first passenger train in India ran from Bombay to Thane in 1853.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) trein
b) trian
c) train
d) traen

Show answer

c) train. The long a sound here is a then i, just as in rain.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

station, platform, ____, seat

a) lift
b) pool
c) swing
d) train

Show answer

d) train. You reach the station, wait on the platform, get on the train and find your seat.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

t_ain

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

Show answer

a) r. Train begins with tr, as in tree and truck.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We ate cheese sandwitches on the train.

a) cheese
b) sandwitches
c) ate
d) train

Show answer

b) sandwitches. Sandwiches ends in ches, with no t before the ch.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do you need to buy before you get on a train?

a) a map
b) a menu
c) a stamp
d) a ticket

Show answer

d) a ticket

2. Which of these does NOT run on a track?

a) a bus
b) a metro
c) a tram
d) a train

Show answer

a) a bus

Associated Words

Words that end in -ain: explain, mountain, certain, again, fountain, complain

More words from this list

animal, broad, crane, feather, heat, mixture, pretty, skate

Next steps

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