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Spell Bee Word: Chew

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What does chew mean?

Word: Chew

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Chew means to bite and crush food again and again with your teeth.

How do you spell chew?

Syllables: chew

Tricky part: The sound after ch is spelt ew, as in new.

Watch out for: chu, choo

Memory tip: Picture a cow chewing grass from side to side, Every Way. E and W, the first letters of Every Way, follow the ch.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. bite off more than you can chew: To try to do more than you can manage. Example: "Joining three clubs at once, Anu had bitten off more than she could chew."

Chew in a sentence

Example 1: Chew your food slowly.

Example 2: The puppy loves to chew old shoes.

Example 3: Please do not chew your pencil.

Fun Fact

Cows chew their food twice. They swallow it, bring it back up later and chew it again, which is called chewing the cud.

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Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

chew

a) sip
b) sniff
c) lick
d) munch

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d) munch. When you munch, you chew food, often with a crunch.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

chewe

a) c
b) h
c) w
d) e

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d) e. Chew stops at the w; it needs no e after it.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

bite, chew, swallow, ____

a) digest
b) taste
c) sniff
d) cook

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a) digest. This is the order of eating: we bite, chew and swallow, and then the stomach digests the food.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) chew
b) tounge
c) lunch
d) bread

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b) tounge. Tongue is spelt t-o-n-g-u-e: the u comes after the g, not before the n.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why should you chew your food well?

a) so it gets colder
b) so it tastes saltier
c) so it is easier to swallow
d) so it grows bigger

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c) so it is easier to swallow

2. Which food needs the most chewing?

a) a bowl of yoghurt
b) a raw carrot
c) a cup of soup
d) a glass of milk

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b) a raw carrot

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ch: chase, chirp, chalk

More words from this list

early, grandmother, juice, nostril, reflect, spice, until, armchair

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