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Spell Bee Word: Caring


What does caring mean?

Word: Caring

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Caring means kind and gentle, and always ready to help and look after others.

Synonyms: kind, loving, gentle

Antonyms: uncaring

How do you spell caring?

Syllables: car - ing

Tricky part: The e is dropped before ing, so careing is wrong.

Watch out for: careing, careng

Memory tip: The e is shy: when ing arrives, it slips quietly out of the word.

Caring in a sentence

Example 1: My grandma is a very caring person.

Example 2: The caring nurse held the boy's hand.

Example 3: Zoe is caring towards stray puppies on our street.

Fun Fact

In British English, a person who looks after a sick or elderly relative at home is called a carer, a word from the same family as caring.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) helpful
b) cairing
c) honest
d) gentle

Show answer

b) cairing. The first part is spelt with a alone, as in car, not ai.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

caring

a) unkind
b) cheerful
c) polite
d) friendly

Show answer

a) unkind. A caring person is kind, so the opposite is unkind.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our carring teacher helps every child.

a) carring
b) child
c) teacher
d) helps

Show answer

a) carring. Caring has only one r.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Riya sees a new girl sitting alone at lunch. What would a caring child do?

a) ask her to sit with them
b) walk past without looking
c) laugh with other friends
d) finish lunch very quickly

Show answer

a) ask her to sit with them

2. Care drops its e to make caring. Which word drops its e in the same way?

a) jumping
b) smiling
c) helping
d) playing

Show answer

b) smiling

Associated Words

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

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: cruel

More words from this list

dispute, gift, insect, mist, pumpkin, smash, tram, agent

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