What does beginning mean?
Word: Beginning
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Beginning means the first part of something, such as a story, a day or a race.
How do you spell beginning?
Syllables: be - gin - ning
Tricky part: The n doubles before ing, so three n's appear in all. Pupils who spell by sound often write only two.
Watch out for: begining, beggining
Memory tip: Win becomes winning and spin becomes spinning: this word doubles its n before ing in just the same way.
Beginning in a sentence
Example 1: The beginning of the film was so funny that we could not stop laughing.
Example 2: At the beginning of the term, Ms Rao gave us new notebooks.
Example 3: Spring is the beginning of the mango season in our village.
Fun Fact
This word appears on many lists of words most often misspelt in English, mainly because people forget the doubled n.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
b_g_nning
a) e, i
b) i, i
c) a, i
d) e, e
Show answer
a) e, i. The first syllable sounds like the be of because, and the second like gin.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
beginning
a) opening
b) start
c) end
d) cause
Show answer
c) end. The start of a story and its end sit at opposite sides of it.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
gninbeign
a) banging
b) bringing
c) beginning
d) belonging
Show answer
c) beginning. Bringing needs an r, belonging needs l and o, and banging needs an a.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) beginning
b) neccesary
c) tommorow
d) seperate
Show answer
a) beginning. Necessary has one c and two s's, separate has par, and tomorrow has one m and two r's.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which part of a story usually comes at the beginning?
a) the happy ending
b) the final chapter
c) meeting the main characters
d) the last page
Show answer
c) meeting the main characters
2. In 'from beginning to end', what does the phrase mean?
a) the whole way through
b) only the first part
c) not at all
d) only the last part
Show answer
a) the whole way through
