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Spell Bee Word: True


What does true mean?

Word: True

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: True means matching the facts and not made up.

How do you spell true?

Syllables: true

Tricky part: The word does not stop where the sound stops: a quiet e closes it. Children write tru.

Watch out for: tru, truee

Memory tip: Think of the e as a full stop. The word is not finished until it is there.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. come true: To actually happen, as you hoped. Example: "I hope my wish to visit Mumbai comes true."

True in a sentence

Example 1: Is it true that camels can go for days without water?

Example 2: Grandma told us a true story from her childhood.

Example 3: What Riya said about the school trip was true.

Fun Fact

Library books about true events are called non-fiction. Made-up tales are called fiction.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

true

a) exact
b) real
c) false
d) correct

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c) false. The other three words mean nearly the same as this one.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

uetr

a) rute
b) true
c) urte
d) ture

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b) true. The first two letters are the ones that start tree.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

tr_e

a) y
b) o
c) a
d) u

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d) u. Here the oo sound is written with one letter.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

trute

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

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d) t. The middle of this word has no second t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sentence is true?

a) Ice is very hot.
b) Fish live in water.
c) Cats can fly high.
d) Cows lay big eggs.

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b) Fish live in water.

2. Which book tells a true story?

a) a tale of a talking dragon
b) a story of a flying carpet
c) a rhyme about a singing moon
d) a book about Gandhi's life

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d) a book about Gandhi's life

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with tr: trick, train, trolley

More words from this list

April, bucket, cross, fight, hobby, mother, purr, sleep

Next steps

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