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Spell Bee Word: Trousers


What does trousers mean?

Word: Trousers

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Trousers means clothes that cover each leg separately, from the waist down to the ankles.

How do you spell trousers?

Syllables: trou - sers

Tricky part: The vowel sound after tr is spelt ou, as in out.

Watch out for: trowsers, trausers

Memory tip: Out and about in your trousers: out gives you the ou.

Trousers in a sentence

Example 1: Ravi wore grey trousers to school.

Example 2: My new trousers are a little too long.

Example 3: Mummy ironed my blue trousers for the party.

Fun Fact

We say a pair of trousers, even though it is one piece of clothing, because it has two legs.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) trousurs
b) trousirs
c) trousars
d) trousers

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d) trousers. The vowel before the last r is e, as in her.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

sorsetur

a) trouesrs
b) trousres
c) trousers
d) trousesr

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c) trousers. Trouesrs, trousres and trousesr all go wrong near the end; the fourth is what you wear on your legs.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

trou_ers

a) t
b) z
c) s
d) c

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c) s. The z sound in the middle is written with the letter that ends bus.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

trouserss

a) u
b) e
c) r
d) s

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d) s. This word ends with a single s, even though it names a pair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. You wear trousers on your legs. What else is worn on the legs?

a) shorts
b) a shirt
c) a jumper
d) a cap

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a) shorts

2. What do you wear with trousers to hold them up?

a) a cap
b) a scarf
c) a glove
d) a belt

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d) a belt

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with tr: tractor, treasure, track, travel, tram, tremble

More words from this list

ambulance, careful, dive, giraffe, instrument, moist, pyjamas, smoke

Next steps

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