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Spell Bee Word: Chimney


What does chimney mean?

Word: Chimney

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Chimney means a tall pipe or tower on a roof or factory through which smoke goes up and out.

How do you spell chimney?

Syllables: chim - ney

Tricky part: The ending is ey. Children often write chimny or chimnie and leave out the e.

Watch out for: chimny, chimnie

Memory tip: Picture the e as a little puff of smoke rising just before the y at the top of the chimney.

Chimney in a sentence

Example 1: Smoke rose from the chimney of the factory.

Example 2: The old house in Shimla had a brick chimney.

Example 3: A bird built its nest at the top of the chimney.

Fun Fact

A small bird of the Americas is called the chimney swift because it builds its nest inside chimneys instead of hollow trees.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) balcany
b) celing
c) chimney
d) corridore

Show answer

c) chimney. Balcony has an o before ny, ceiling has ei after the c, and corridor ends in a plain or.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nmyhice

a) chimney
b) chicken
c) kitchen
d) machine

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a) chimney. Chicken, kitchen and machine all need letters that are not in the jumble, such as k or a.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

c_im_ey

a) k, n
b) h, m
c) h, n
d) c, n

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c) h, n. Ch starts the word, and n comes just before the ending.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

chimmney

a) c
b) h
c) n
d) m

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d) m. The m stands alone: chim, not chimm.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which home is most likely to need a chimney?

a) a glass greenhouse for plants
b) a tent pitched on a beach
c) a cottage warmed by a wood fire
d) a flat with only ceiling fans

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c) a cottage warmed by a wood fire

2. Thick smoke from a factory chimney can make the air ____.

a) wetter
b) sweeter
c) cooler
d) dirty

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d) dirty

Associated Words

Words that end in -ney: journey, honey, kidney

More words from this list

disappointed, flexible, inspire, module, processor, sincere, typical, albatross

Next steps

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