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Spell Bee Word: Corner


What does corner mean?

Word: Corner

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Corner means the place where two lines, walls, edges or roads meet.

How do you spell corner?

Syllables: cor - ner

Tricky part: The word ends in er, as in under and water. Cornor is a common slip.

Watch out for: cornor, cornar

Memory tip: Every Room has a corner: E and R are the last two letters of corner.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. around the corner: very near, or going to happen soon Example: "With the holidays around the corner, everyone is in a happy mood."

Corner in a sentence

Example 1: Our school stands on the corner of two busy roads.

Example 2: The cat hid in a corner of the cupboard during the storm.

Example 3: She wrote her name in the top corner of the answer sheet.

Fun Fact

In football, a corner kick is given when the defending side is the last to touch the ball before it crosses its own goal line.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rnocre

a) conrer
b) ocrner
c) corner
d) croner

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c) corner. Only one option begins with the same two letters as cot.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

co_ner

a) r
b) s
c) w
d) l

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a) r. Say cor-ner: the r comes before the n.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

cornner

a) r
b) n
c) o
d) c

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b) n. The n in corner is single, as in winter.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

corner

a) inside
b) middle
c) centre
d) bend

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d) bend. A bend in a road is a corner, where the road turns.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which shape has exactly four corners?

a) square
b) triangle
c) oval
d) circle

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a) square

2. Which of these is round, with no corners at all?

a) a book
b) a box
c) a table
d) a ball

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d) a ball

Associated Words

considerationastonishmentrecoveredidentitytemporary
necessityformationgenerallysuccessionpositive

Next steps

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