Spell Bee Word: Voice

What does voice mean?

Word: Voice

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Voice means the sound you make when you speak or sing.

How do you spell voice?

Syllables: voice

Tricky part: The 's' sound at the end is written ce, as in nice. Children often write voise or vois.

Watch out for: voise, vois

Memory tip: Your voice comes out of your mouth: the c at the end looks like an open mouth, and the e is the sound coming out.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. at the top of your voice: very loudly Example: "The children sang at the top of their voices on the bus."

Voice in a sentence

Example 1: Meera has a sweet voice and sings in the school choir.

Example 2: Please speak in a low voice in the library.

Example 3: Grandpa's voice on the phone sounded very happy.

Fun Fact

Every person's voice is a little different, which is why you can often tell who is calling before they say their name.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) point
b) voyce
c) boil
d) coin

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b) voyce. The 'oy' sound in the middle of voice is written oi, the same as in coin.

Sound Check

Which of the following words rhymes with voice?

a) noise
b) nice
c) choice
d) juice

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c) choice. Choice ends with the same sounds as voice; noise ends in a z sound, and juice and nice have other vowels.

Jumble Tumble

Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:

ievoc 12345

a) 34125
b) 31452
c) 43152
d) 34152

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d) 34152. Taking the letters as 3, 4, 1, 5, 2 gives voice.

Word Champ

In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?

1. voice 2. visit 3. vote

a) 132
b) 312
c) 213
d) 123

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c) 213. Visit comes first because i comes before o; then voice and vote, since i comes before t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of your body helps you make your voice?

a) your elbow
b) your knee
c) your throat
d) your ankle

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c) your throat

2. If you speak in a soft voice, how do you sound?

a) quiet
b) angry
c) loud
d) fast

Show answer

a) quiet

More words from this list

bangle, costly, energy, grumble, look, peg, sale, strain

Next steps

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