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Spell Bee Word: Brother


What does brother mean?

Word: Brother

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Brother means a boy or man who has the same mother and father as you.

How do you spell brother?

Syllables: broth - er

Tricky part: The o in brother sounds like u, so children often write bruther.

Watch out for: bruther, bruthar

Memory tip: Brother is spelt with o even though you hear u. Think of the o as your brother's round, smiling face.

Brother in a sentence

Example 1: My brother and I share a room.

Example 2: On Raksha Bandhan I tie a rakhi on my brother's wrist.

Example 3: Arjun's little brother is learning to walk.

Fun Fact

The word brother is very old and has cousins in other languages, such as bhratri in Sanskrit and frater in Latin.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Select the feminine form of the word:

brother

a) mother
b) sister
c) niece
d) aunt

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b) sister. A girl with the same parents as you is your sister.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

terohrb

a) brotehr
b) borther
c) brother
d) brothre

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c) brother. Read each option aloud: only one says the word for a boy in your family.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

bro_her

a) d
b) s
c) f
d) t

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d) t. The t and h together make the th sound.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My big brothar helps me with my homework.

a) brothar
b) helps
c) homework
d) big

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a) brothar. Brother ends in er, like sister and mother.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Your father's brother is your ____.

a) grandfather
b) uncle
c) cousin
d) nephew

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b) uncle

2. In Hindi, an older brother is often called ____.

a) chacha
b) nana
c) bhaiya
d) didi

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c) bhaiya

Associated Words

Words that end in -her: teacher, kingfisher, whether, dishwasher, neither

More words from this list

crawl, feel, hedgehog, monkey, prince, skirt, town, angry

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