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Spell Bee Word: vaccine


Basic Details

Word: Vaccine

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A substance, usually given as an injection or as drops, that trains the body to fight a particular disease.

How to Spell Vaccine

Syllables: vac - cine

Tricky part: There is a double c: the first sounds like k and the second like s. The end is ine, not een.

Watch out for: vacine, vaccene, vaxine

Memory tip: Say it as vak-seen: one c for the k sound and one c for the s sound, so you need cc.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Every child in our class got the measles vaccine at the clinic.

Example 2: Scientists worked very fast to make a vaccine against COVID-19.

Example 3: Pets also need a vaccine against rabies.

Fun Fact

The word vaccine comes from the Latin vacca, meaning cow, because Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccine of 1796 used material from cowpox.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) ocasion
b) acident
c) vaccine
d) sucess

Show answer

c) vaccine. Occasion, accident and success each need cc too, and only vaccine has it.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

cievcan

a) vacancy
b) vacate
c) vicinity
d) vaccine

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d) vaccine. Find the two c's first; v and a go in front of them and ine goes behind.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

vaccinne

a) n
b) e
c) c
d) i

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a) n. The end is ine with one n, as in machine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A vaccine helps the body to ____.

a) digest food
b) fight a disease
c) grow taller
d) sleep better

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b) fight a disease

2. Which scientist is linked with the first smallpox vaccine?

a) C V Raman
b) Charles Darwin
c) Edward Jenner
d) Isaac Newton

Show answer

c) Edward Jenner

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