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Spell Bee Word: Bench

Bench (noun): a long seat that two or more people can sit on.


What does bench mean?

Word: Bench

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Bench means a long seat that two or more people can sit on.

How do you spell bench?

Syllables: bench

Tricky part: The vowel is e, as in hen; children sometimes write i or a.

Watch out for: binch, baench

Memory tip: Picture a hen resting on a park bench: hen and bench have the same e.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. on the bench: In sport, sitting out at the side while others play. Example: "Daniel was on the bench for the first half of the match."

Bench in a sentence

Example 1: We sat on a bench in the park.

Example 2: The carpenter fixed the wobbly leg of the old bench.

Example 3: Grandma rests on the bench at the bus stop.

Fun Fact

In a court, the judges are called the bench, because long ago judges sat on a long bench.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) garden
b) flower
c) bentch
d) playground

Show answer

c) bentch. There is no t in bench; playground, garden and flower are spelt right.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

chneb

a) bnech
b) bench
c) behcn
d) becnh

Show answer

b) bench. Read each choice aloud: three of them could not be said the way bench sounds.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandpa painted the garden bensh green.

a) garden
b) green
c) painted
d) bensh

Show answer

d) bensh. The last sound of bench is the one at the start of cheese, not the sh of shop.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

be_ch

a) s
b) r
c) n
d) m

Show answer

c) n. Say bench slowly and you can hear the n just before the last sound.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A classroom bench has room for two children. How many benches do six children need?

a) four
b) six
c) two
d) three

Show answer

d) three

2. How is a bench different from a chair?

a) It seats more than one person.
b) It is always made of wood.
c) It is only used indoors.
d) It always has four legs.

Show answer

a) It seats more than one person.

Associated Words

Words that end in -nch: launch, lunch, finch

More words from this list

comma, exit, handkerchief, leave, panda, saucepan, stone, wheat

Next steps

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