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Spell Bee Word: Brush


What does brush mean?

Word: Brush

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Brush means a tool with lots of stiff hairs fixed to a handle. People use brushes to clean things, to paint and to do their hair.

How do you spell brush?

Syllables: brush

Tricky part: It ends in sh, not ch: say it and you hear a soft hush, not the ch of chair.

Watch out for: brushe, brusch

Memory tip: Hold a finger to your lips and say shh. That quiet hush is the ending of brush.

Brush in a sentence

Example 1: I brush my hair before school every morning.

Example 2: Oliver dipped his brush in blue paint.

Example 3: Mother keeps a soft brush for cleaning the shoes.

Fun Fact

Early toothbrushes made in China about 500 years ago used stiff hog hair fixed to bone or bamboo handles.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) bresh
b) brosh
c) brush
d) brish

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c) brush. The vowel in brush is the short u you hear in bus and cup.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

berush

a) u
b) r
c) h
d) e

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d) e. The b and r are said together, so no vowel goes between them.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

brush (as in: brush the steps clean)

a) sweep
b) stir
c) spill
d) soak

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a) sweep. To brush the steps clean is to sweep them.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Always brush your teath before you go to bed.

a) Always
b) brush
c) teath
d) bed

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c) teath. Teeth has a double e, like feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The stiff hairs on a brush are called ____.

a) wires
b) bristles
c) feathers
d) threads

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b) bristles

2. Which of these jobs needs a brush the most?

a) reading a map
b) painting a wall
c) cutting paper
d) boiling rice

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b) painting a wall

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with br: bray, breakfast, bracelet, brick

More words from this list

curious, freeze, hippopotamus, mail, pineapple, serious, taxi, bounce

Next steps

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