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Spell Bee Word: Vulture


What does vulture mean?

Word: Vulture

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Vulture means a large bird that feeds on animals that are already dead.

How do you spell vulture?

Syllables: vul - ture

Tricky part: The end sounds like cher but is spelt ture.

Watch out for: vulcher, vultcher, vultuer

Memory tip: Many words that end in a cher sound are spelt ture: picture, nature, adventure. Vulture belongs to that group.

Vulture in a sentence

Example 1: A vulture circled high above the fields.

Example 2: Vultures help keep the land clean.

Example 3: We saw a vulture sitting on a dry tree.

Fun Fact

Some vultures can glide for hours with hardly a flap of their wings, riding on rising warm air.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) vilture
b) vulture
c) volture
d) valture

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b) vulture. The first beat is vul, said with the short u of cup.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tulevur

a) vluture
b) lvuture
c) uvlture
d) vulture

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d) vulture. Keep the ture ending together, then sort the front of the word.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

vullture

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

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d) l. Vulture has a single l; the second l is extra.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of a vulture often has hardly any feathers?

a) its wings
b) its head
c) its back
d) its tail

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b) its head

2. Which bird also has a strong, hooked beak?

a) a myna
b) an eagle
c) a duck
d) a peacock

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b) an eagle

Associated Words

Words that end in -ture: furniture, gesture, structure, feature, moisture, adventure

More words from this list

backpack, chimpanzee, earn, grandparent, jumpsuit, notice, regular, spider

Next steps

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