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Spell Bee Word: Cheek


What does cheek mean?

Word: Cheek

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cheek means the soft part of your face on each side, below your eyes.

How do you spell cheek?

Syllables: cheek

Tricky part: The long e sound is spelt ee, as in see and feet.

Watch out for: chiek, cheak

Memory tip: Your two cheeks sit side by side, like the two e's in the middle of cheek.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. tongue in cheek: Said as a joke, not meant seriously. Example: "Uncle's tongue-in-cheek reply made us all laugh."

Cheek in a sentence

Example 1: Nani pinched my cheek and smiled.

Example 2: The baby has round, pink cheeks.

Example 3: A tear rolled down her cheek.

Fun Fact

Hamsters store food in pouches inside their cheeks and carry it back to their burrows.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) cheec
b) cheekk
c) cheek
d) cheeck

Show answer

c) cheek. The k sound in cheek is written with k alone, not ck.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

kehec

a) hceek
b) ckeeh
c) cheek
d) chkee

Show answer

c) cheek. Keep the two e's side by side.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

cheeke

a) k
b) h
c) c
d) e

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d) e. Take the e off the end and the word is right.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

c_eek

a) s
b) t
c) n
d) h

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d) h. Cheek starts with ch, as in chin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When you feel shy, your cheeks may turn ____.

a) green
b) blue
c) red
d) grey

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c) red

2. Which body part is right next to your cheek?

a) your heel
b) your wrist
c) your nose
d) your knee

Show answer

c) your nose

Associated Words

Words that start with che: cheerful, cheap, chew, cheetah, chef, cherry

More words from this list

donkey, furry, kite, painter, safety, suggest, wipe, battery

Next steps

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