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Spell Bee Word: Vacuum


What does vacuum mean?

Word: Vacuum

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Vacuum means a space with nothing in it, not even air. It is also a short name for a vacuum cleaner, the machine that sucks up dust.

How do you spell vacuum?

Syllables: vac - u - um

Tricky part: Two u's sit side by side in the middle. Children who hear only one write vacum.

Watch out for: vacum, vacuume

Memory tip: Picture the two round u's as the two wheels of a vacuum cleaner rolling side by side.

Vacuum in a sentence

Example 1: Papa ran the vacuum over the car seats before our trip.

Example 2: The vacuum cleaner is very noisy.

Example 3: My sister used the vacuum to clean under the sofa.

Fun Fact

Sound cannot travel through a vacuum, so space, which is almost empty, is silent.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) magnit
b) oxigen
c) gravaty
d) vacuum

Show answer

d) vacuum. Magnet ends in et, oxygen has a y after the x, and gravity has an i before the ty.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

muvcau

a) vacuum
b) vacant
c) volume
d) cactus

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a) vacuum. Two u's sit in the jumble, and vacuum is the only option with two u's.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

v_cuu_

a) a, m
b) o, m
c) e, m
d) a, n

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a) a, m. Va comes first, and the word closes with m.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

vaccuum

a) a
b) v
c) m
d) c

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d) c. The c after va is single.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A vacuum cleaner would be most useful for ____.

a) cooling a hot room quickly
b) watering the garden plants
c) drying a pile of wet clothes
d) getting dust out of a carpet

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d) getting dust out of a carpet

2. A vacuum flask keeps tea hot for hours. What does the vacuum between its two walls stop?

a) the lid from opening
b) the tea from going sweet
c) heat from escaping
d) light from getting in

Show answer

c) heat from escaping

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with v: vivid, variety, volleyball, voyage, visible, vixen

More words from this list

ashamed, compression, downpour, genuine, kaleidoscope, odyssey, recluse, squad

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