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Spell Bee Word: Tricycle

Tricycle (noun): a small vehicle with three wheels that you ride by pushing pedals.


What does tricycle mean?

Word: Tricycle

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Tricycle means a small vehicle with three wheels that you ride by pushing pedals.

How do you spell tricycle?

Syllables: tri - cy - cle

Tricky part: The two vowel sounds that sound alike are spelt with different letters: an i after the tr and a y after the first c.

Watch out for: tricicle, trycycle, trycicle

Memory tip: Let the l lead the e at the end: cycle finishes l-e, and so does tricycle.

Tricycle in a sentence

Example 1: My little brother rides his red tricycle round the courtyard.

Example 2: Aiko outgrew her tricycle and now rides a bicycle.

Example 3: The tricycle has a basket at the back for toys.

Fun Fact

In the 1880s tricycles were popular with grown-ups in Britain, not just with children.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) tricycle
b) pedel
c) skatebord
d) scootar

Show answer

a) tricycle. Scooter ends in er, skateboard has oa and pedal ends in al; tricycle is right.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Mehak tied a pink ribon to the handlebar of her tricycle.

a) ribon
b) handlebar
c) pink
d) tricycle

Show answer

a) ribon. Ribbon has a double b.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lyccerti

a) recycle
b) tricycle
c) triceps
d) bicycle

Show answer

b) tricycle. There is only one e, which rules out recycle; bicycle needs a b and triceps a p and an s, so the letters spell tricycle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is most likely to ride a tricycle?

a) a traffic policeman
b) a postman on his round
c) a toddler
d) a racing cyclist

Show answer

c) a toddler

2. Which word also uses tri to mean three?

a) trick
b) trim
c) trip
d) triangle

Show answer

d) triangle

Associated Words

Words that end in -cle: barnacle, oracle, semicircle, muscle, chronicle, article

More words from this list

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