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Spell Bee Word: Trick


What does trick mean?

Word: Trick

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Trick means to make someone believe something that is not true, often for fun. A trick is also a clever act, like a magic trick.

How do you spell trick?

Syllables: trick

Tricky part: One k sound at the end, but two letters for it: c and then k. Leaving out either one is the usual slip.

Watch out for: trik, tric

Memory tip: A magician says click as the trick ends. Click and trick finish the same way, with c and then k.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. do the trick: To work or solve the problem. Example: "A little glue should do the trick."

Trick in a sentence

Example 1: Rohan tried to trick his sister with a toy spider.

Example 2: The magician did a trick with a red scarf.

Example 3: Do not let anyone trick you into giving away your lunch.

Fun Fact

Trick came into English from an old French word that meant cheating.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) clever
b) tryck
c) puzzle
d) magic

Show answer

b) tryck. Trick has a plain i, as in sit; clever, puzzle and magic are spelt right.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

trick

a) help
b) trust
c) fool
d) teach

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c) fool. To trick someone is to fool them.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ckirt

a) trick
b) tirck
c) itrck
d) rtick

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a) trick. Put tr first, as you hear it, and the rest follows.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The clown did a funny trick with three baloons.

a) clown
b) funny
c) trick
d) baloons

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d) baloons. Balloons has a double l and a double o.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one would a magician do at a show?

a) deliver the post
b) paint a house wall
c) make a coin vanish
d) fix a car engine

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c) make a coin vanish

2. A trick question is a question that ____.

a) tries to catch you out
b) is only about sums
c) has no answer at all
d) is asked very loudly

Show answer

a) tries to catch you out

Associated Words

Words that end in -ick: quick, kick, click, sick, homesick, candlestick

More words from this list

annoyed, brother, crawl, feel, hedgehog, monkey, prince, skirt

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