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Spell Bee Word: Camping


What does camping mean?

Word: Camping

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Camping means living outdoors for a short time, usually sleeping in a tent, for fun.

How do you spell camping?

Syllables: camp - ing

Tricky part: The sound just before the p is an m, made with closed lips, not an n.

Watch out for: canping, campping

Memory tip: Press your lips together for m and keep them shut for p. Both sounds need closed lips, so the m and the p sit side by side.

Camping in a sentence

Example 1: We went camping near a river in Manali.

Example 2: Camping is more fun when someone remembers the torch.

Example 3: Our scout group went camping by a lake last weekend.

Fun Fact

Camp comes from the Latin word campus, which meant a field. Many universities still call their grounds a campus.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) kampin
b) camping
c) campin
d) kamping

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b) camping. It opens with a hard c, not a k, and closes with all three letters of ing.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

c_mping

a) a
b) e
c) y
d) i

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a) a. The first vowel is a short a, as in cat and camp.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

campeing

a) p
b) g
c) i
d) e

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d) e. No vowel comes between the p and the i.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

pigmanc

a) campign
b) cmaping
c) camping
d) capming

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c) camping. Find ing for the end first, then sort out the four letters in front of it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would you pack for camping?

a) a bus pass
b) a library card
c) a sleeping bag
d) a school tie

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c) a sleeping bag

2. Where might a family go camping?

a) in a shopping mall
b) in a post office
c) in a cinema hall
d) in a forest clearing

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d) in a forest clearing

Associated Words

Words that end in -ing: evening, building, string, gosling, icing, greeting

More words from this list

dinner, garment, income, milkshake, proof, skyscraper, track, advance

Next steps

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