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Spell Bee Word: Trophy


What does trophy mean?

Word: Trophy

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Trophy means a prize, such as a silver cup, given to the person or team that comes first in a competition.

How do you spell trophy?

Syllables: tro - phy

Tricky part: The f sound is spelt ph, as in photo, so trofy is wrong.

Watch out for: trofy, troffy

Memory tip: Picture the p and the h as two handles holding up a shiny cup, making the f sound together.

Trophy in a sentence

Example 1: Our class won the trophy for the neatest garden.

Example 2: Nora held the trophy high above her head and smiled.

Example 3: The shiny trophy stands in a glass case near the school office.

Fun Fact

Not every trophy is a cup: some are shields, plates or small statues.

Practise the CREST Way

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

troph__

a) ey
b) ie
c) y
d) i

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c) y. The word ends with a single y after the ph; trophey, trophie and trophi are not words.

Spell Spies

Choose the pair which has a spelling error:

a) city : cities
b) lady : ladys
c) party : parties
d) trophy : trophies

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b) lady : ladys. When a word ends in a consonant and y, the y changes to ies, so the plural of lady is ladies.

Jumble Tumble

Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:

yphrot 123456

a) 645213
b) 654231
c) 645231
d) 465231

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c) 645231. The order 6, 4, 5, 2, 3, 1 brings the p and h together in the middle of the word.

Sound Check

Which of the following words has the 'o' sound as in trophy?

a) room
b) round
c) rock
d) rope

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d) rope. Rope has the long o that trophy has; rock, room and round each use a different sound.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who usually gets a trophy on sports day?

a) the cook
b) the gardener
c) the winner
d) the driver

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c) the winner

2. Winning a trophy usually makes a team feel ___.

a) sleepy
b) proud
c) cold
d) hungry

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b) proud

Associated Words

More Class 2 Winter Spell Bee words starting with t: thumb, twig, tracksuit, toaster, thirst, tinsel

More words from this list

along, chopsticks, drip, gnat, keeper, pain, roam, squash

Next steps

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