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Spell Bee Word: Tree


What does tree mean?

Word: Tree

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Tree means a tall plant with a hard wooden trunk, branches and leaves.

How do you spell tree?

Syllables: tree

Tricky part: The long sound at the end is not spelt ea, as in sea and tea, even though it sounds the same. Trea is the usual wrong try.

Watch out for: trea, trie

Memory tip: The sea gets an a, but a tree never does.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. barking up the wrong tree: Looking for something in the wrong place, or blaming the wrong person. Example: "If you think I took your pencil, you are barking up the wrong tree."

Tree in a sentence

Example 1: A crow built a nest in the mango tree.

Example 2: We sat under the shady tree to eat lunch.

Example 3: Our class planted a neem tree near the gate.

Fun Fact

The Great Banyan tree in the botanic garden at Howrah, near Kolkata, is more than 250 years old. It has so many roots hanging from its branches that it looks like a small forest.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) branch
b) tre
c) flower
d) garden

Show answer

b) tre. Tre is missing its second e; the right word is tree.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Riya hung a swing from the old trree.

a) old
b) swing
c) Riya
d) trree

Show answer

d) trree. Tree has a single r, straight after the t.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

seed, seedling, sapling, ____

a) flower
b) fruit
c) root
d) tree

Show answer

d) tree. A seed grows into a seedling, then a young sapling, and at last a tree.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of a tree is under the ground?

a) the roots
b) the fruit
c) the flowers
d) the leaves

Show answer

a) the roots

2. Which animal lives up in a tree?

a) a rabbit
b) a cow
c) a squirrel
d) a goat

Show answer

c) a squirrel

Associated Words

breezewarmflameduchessscientist
bunchdescribetrouserssocksliquid

More words from this list

ankle, brook, crate, February, heater, Monday, preview, skateboard

Next steps

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