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Spell Bee Word: Tram


What does tram mean?

Word: Tram

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Tram means a long vehicle for passengers that runs on rails laid along a city street.

How do you spell tram?

Syllables: tram

Tricky part: Tram starts with tr, like train and track, and the two letters must stay together.

Watch out for: teram, tarm

Memory tip: Tram and track both begin with tr, and a tram runs on a track.

Tram in a sentence

Example 1: We rode an old blue tram in Kolkata.

Example 2: The tram rang its bell at the crossing.

Example 3: A tram moves along rails in the middle of the road.

Fun Fact

Kolkata has had trams since the 1870s. The first ones were pulled by horses.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) scooter
b) bicycle
c) rikshaw
d) tram

Show answer

c) rikshaw. This three-wheeler has a c before the k.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Dadi and I took a trem to the market.

a) Dadi
b) trem
c) market
d) took

Show answer

b) trem. The vowel is the short a of jam.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

tramm

a) r
b) m
c) t
d) a

Show answer

b) m. A tram has just one m at the end.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes a modern tram move?

a) pedal power
b) wind in sails
c) electricity
d) coal and steam

Show answer

c) electricity

2. Where would you wait to get on a tram?

a) at a jetty on a river
b) at a stop beside the street
c) at a gate in an airport
d) at a pump in a garage

Show answer

b) at a stop beside the street

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with tr: tremble, track, tropical, trousers, truth, treasure

More words from this list

agent, calf, difficult, garland, ill, midnight, profit, sink

Next steps

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