Basic Details
Word: Climbing
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Going up something such as stairs, a hill, a tree or a wall, often using hands and feet. As a noun, it is the sport of going up rocks and mountains.
Synonyms: ascending, scaling, mounting
Antonyms: descending
How to Spell Climbing
Syllables: climb - ing
Tricky part: The b is silent, so students leave it out and write climing. Keep the b of climb and simply add -ing.
Watch out for: climing, clymbing, climbbing
Memory tip: Climb has a silent b, like thumb and lamb. Climbing keeps it: climb + ing.
Usage Examples
Example 1: My little brother loves climbing the jungle gym at the park.
Example 2: Vegetable prices keep climbing during the monsoon.
Example 3: We spent the morning climbing the long flight of steps to the hilltop temple.
Fun Fact
Sport climbing made its Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games, which were held in 2021.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word climbing as used in the sentence:
The hikers were climbing the steep slope towards the fort when the rain began.
a) mounting
b) scaling
c) ascending
d) descending
Show answer
d) descending. The hikers were going up; descending is the word for coming back down.
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word:
1. mountaineer 2. summit 3. altitude 4. climing
a) the highest point of a mountain
b) a person who climbs mountains as a sport
c) going up something such as a hill or a wall
d) the height of a place above sea level
Show answer
c) going up something such as a hill or a wall. Climing has lost the b, and climb keeps that b even though we never say it.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
Our neighbour's cat was bilcgnim the mango tree to reach a squirrel.
a) clinging
b) clubbing
c) climbing
d) clamping
Show answer
c) climbing. Clinging has no m or b, clamping needs an a and a p, and clubbing a u, so climbing is left.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these words has a silent letter, like climbing?
a) planter
b) printer
c) plumber
d) pilot
Show answer
c) plumber
2. If temperatures are climbing, they are ____.
a) rising
b) steady
c) falling
d) freezing
Show answer
a) rising
