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Spell Bee Word: Wasp


What does wasp mean?

Word: Wasp

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Wasp means a thin flying insect with black and yellow stripes and a very narrow waist.

How do you spell wasp?

Syllables: wasp

Tricky part: The middle sounds like the o in hot, but it is written with an a. Children who go by the sound write wosp.

Watch out for: wosp, woasp

Memory tip: Imagine a wasp with a big letter a painted across its striped back. That a is the letter your ear hears as an o.

Wasp in a sentence

Example 1: A wasp landed on my slice of watermelon.

Example 2: The wasp flew out through the open window.

Example 3: Dev drew a yellow wasp in his nature diary.

Fun Fact

Many wasps make their own paper. They chew tiny bits of wood and shape the soft mush into a nest.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

wassp

a) a
b) w
c) s
d) p

Show answer

c) s. One s is all this word needs.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

A waspe sat on the ripe mango.

a) waspe
b) ripe
c) sat
d) mango

Show answer

a) waspe. The word stops at the p, with nothing after it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) wasp
b) spider
c) cricket
d) ladybrid

Show answer

d) ladybrid. The name of this spotted insect ends in bird, so the r comes after the i.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A wasp looks a lot like which other creature?

a) a worm
b) a snail
c) a bee
d) a spider

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c) a bee

2. Which place is a good spot for a wasp to build a nest?

a) on a busy road
b) under a roof
c) in a pond
d) in a river

Show answer

b) under a roof

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with w: wizard, wooden, whether, wing, worst, weather

More words from this list

banjo, cinema, enemy, greeting, lamb, omelette, river, stall

Next steps

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