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Spell Bee Word: Vinegar


What does vinegar mean?

Word: Vinegar

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Vinegar means a sour liquid used to flavour food and to make pickles.

How do you spell vinegar?

Syllables: vin - e - gar

Tricky part: The last part sounds like ger, but it is spelt gar.

Watch out for: vineagar, vinegur

Memory tip: Picture a jar of vinegar with gar written in big letters on its label.

Vinegar in a sentence

Example 1: Mum adds a little vinegar to the onion salad.

Example 2: Vinegar smells very sour.

Example 3: The cook put vinegar in the lime pickle.

Fun Fact

The name comes from two old French words; the second one, aigre, meant sour.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) turmeric
b) cabbage
c) spinach
d) vinagar

Show answer

d) vinagar. The middle letter here is an e.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

vinnegar

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

Show answer

c) n. Drop one n and vinegar is spelt right.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ganeriv

a) ivnegar
b) vineagr
c) vinegar
d) nivegar

Show answer

c) vinegar. Only one choice has the letters in the order you hear them.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

v_negar

a) o
b) a
c) e
d) i

Show answer

d) i. The first beat is vin, with an i.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these tastes sour, like vinegar?

a) sugar syrup
b) lemon juice
c) coconut water
d) honey

Show answer

b) lemon juice

2. Where in the house is vinegar usually kept?

a) in the bathroom
b) in the kitchen
c) in the bedroom
d) in the balcony

Show answer

b) in the kitchen

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with v: vest, vegetarian, vanilla

More words from this list

awful, chew, early, grandmother, nostril, reflect, spice, until

Next steps

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