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Spell Bee Word: Climb


What does climb mean?

Word: Climb

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Climb means to go up something using your hands and feet, like a tree, a hill or the stairs.

How do you spell climb?

Syllables: climb

Tricky part: The b at the end is silent, so it is easy to forget.

Watch out for: clim, climbe

Memory tip: Climb keeps a silent b at the end, as comb and thumb do. The b hangs on at the top of the word like a climber.

Climb in a sentence

Example 1: Monkeys climb trees very fast.

Example 2: We climb the stairs to our flat.

Example 3: Rahul wants to climb a mountain one day.

Fun Fact

Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, was first climbed in 1953 by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) branch
b) rocket
c) clymb
d) mountain

Show answer

c) clymb. The vowel in climb is i, not y.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

mbilc

a) lcimb
b) climb
c) cmilb
d) cilmb

Show answer

b) climb. The silent b goes last.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My brother can klimb the rope in the gym.

a) brother
b) rope
c) klimb
d) gym

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c) klimb. Climb starts with the cl you hear in clap.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

cli_b

a) p
b) m
c) r
d) n

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b) m. You hear an m just before the silent b.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do you climb to reach a high shelf?

a) a slide
b) a swing
c) a ladder
d) a seesaw

Show answer

c) a ladder

2. A ____ can climb straight up a wall.

a) lizard
b) hen
c) duck
d) horse

Show answer

a) lizard

Associated Words

Words that start with cli: click, cliff, clipboard, cling

More words from this list

eleven, goose, little, pink, season, teacup, accident, bitter

Next steps

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