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Spell Bee Word: Water


What does water mean?

Word: Water

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Water means the clear liquid in rivers, rain and taps that people, animals and plants need to live.

How do you spell water?

Syllables: wa - ter

Tricky part: The a after the w sounds more like the o in for, which is where children slip.

Watch out for: woter, wauter, warter

Memory tip: Wash, want and water all begin with a wa that sounds like wo.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. in hot water: In trouble. Example: "Luca was in hot water for forgetting his homework."

Water in a sentence

Example 1: Please fill my bottle with water.

Example 2: The water in the pond is very cold.

Example 3: We must not waste water.

Fun Fact

About seven tenths of the Earth's surface is covered with water, but most of it is salty sea water.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) watar
b) thunder
c) breeze
d) pebble

Show answer

a) watar. The word ends in er, as in river.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

watter

a) t
b) w
c) a
d) e

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a) t. A doubled t would make it sound like matter; water keeps one t.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

atrew

a) waetr
b) water
c) wtaer
d) watre

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b) water. Only one choice spells the clear liquid we drink.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We fill a buket with water from the tap.

a) fill
b) buket
c) water
d) tap

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b) buket. Bucket has ck in the middle, as in duck.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does water turn into when it gets very cold?

a) ice
b) mud
c) rain
d) milk

Show answer

a) ice

2. When water boils in a kettle, what comes out of the spout?

a) smoke
b) steam
c) sand
d) dust

Show answer

b) steam

Associated Words

Words that end in -ter: laughter, daughter, highlighter, granddaughter, enter, lobster

More words from this list

bank, claim, electricity, gravity, kingfisher, ocean, rip, stack

Next steps

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