Words that start with S

You solve a puzzle or a problem when you work out an answer or solution. For example, you solve a jigsaw puzzle when you put all the pieces together to make a picture, and you solve a Rubik's cube when you have each face of the cube a single color.

You do a somersault when you sit or squat on the ground and roll over forwards. Some people can do somersaults in mid air, without touching the ground.

A song is a short piece of musical composition. Most songs have words, and you use your voice to sing them.

Soot is a black powder that is left behind when something is burnt. The piece of wood in the picture hides an engine and you can clearly see the soot marks left by the exhaust.

Sorbet is a frozen dessert made from fruit juice or flavored water and sugar.

You are sorry when you have done something that makes you feel bad. You say you are sorry by apologising.

Sound is something that you hear through your ears. It is made up of vibrations that can travel through air as well as many other substances. Sound won't travel through everything - many substances block sound.

Soup is a food that is made by cooking things like meat and vegetables in water with herbs and spices. Soup is usually very runny, and you have to eat it with a spoon not a knife and fork.

Soursop is a tropical found in warm places like South and Central America and South Asia. It is also called graviola. The fruit is oval and has green, bumpy skin, with soft white or pale yellow flesh inside.

South Carolina, abbreviated to SC, is a state in the south east of the United States of America. The capital of South Carolina is Columbia.