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Spell Bee Word: Chin


What does chin mean?

Word: Chin

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Chin means the part of your face below your mouth.

How do you spell chin?

Syllables: chin

Tricky part: Chin starts with ch, not sh. Shin, with sh, is the front of your leg below the knee.

Watch out for: cin, tchin

Memory tip: Chin, cheek and chest are all parts of your body, and all three start with ch.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. keep your chin up: To stay brave and hopeful when things are hard. Example: "Keep your chin up; you will do better in the next race."

Chin in a sentence

Example 1: Dadaji rubbed his chin while he thought.

Example 2: I rested my chin on my hands.

Example 3: Wipe the milk off your chin.

Fun Fact

Scientists say humans are the only apes with a true chin. Chimpanzees and gorillas do not have one.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) chien
b) chin
c) chean
d) cheen

Show answer

b) chin. The short vowel in chin is i, as in pin.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

eyes, nose, mouth, ____

a) ears
b) forehead
c) chin
d) hair

Show answer

c) chin. Moving down the face, the chin comes after the mouth.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The baby got jam all over her chinn.

a) jam
b) chinn
c) baby
d) over

Show answer

b) chinn. Chin ends with just one n.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word rhymes with chin?

a) thin
b) cheek
c) chain
d) chip

Show answer

a) thin

2. What grows on the chins of many grown-up men?

a) a fringe
b) a beard
c) an eyebrow
d) a moustache

Show answer

b) a beard

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ch: child, channel, change, charm, cheerful, chart

More words from this list

dress, giant, leaf, pasta, sauce, table, yawn, before

Next steps

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