Expensive

adjective

Meaning: Costing a lot of money.

Phonics sounds: e-x-p-e-n-s-i-ve — blend them together!

Example: “The toy was too expensive.”

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Category: describing · Frequency rank: 55 (smaller = more common)

🐘 big

Large, like an elephant.

🐜 small

Little, like an ant.

✨ new

Made or started not long ago.

🚆 long

Stretching far, like a train.

🐆 fast

Moving very quickly, like a cheetah.

🧓 old

Having lived for a long time.

Arrange the letters, find the missing one, and spell it yourself.