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Spell Bee Word: Cousin


What does cousin mean?

Word: Cousin

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cousin means the child of your aunt or uncle.

How do you spell cousin?

Syllables: cous - in

Tricky part: The vowel sound after the first letter is like the u in cup, but it is spelt ou.

Watch out for: cusin, causin

Memory tip: Your cousin comes to our house: cousin and our share the same ou.

Cousin in a sentence

Example 1: My cousin Arjun lives in Pune.

Example 2: I play cricket with my cousins in the holidays.

Example 3: Meera and I are cousins, and we share a birthday month.

Fun Fact

In English the same word, cousin, is used for a boy or a girl.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) daughter
b) nephew
c) couzin
d) husband

Show answer

c) couzin. Here the z sound in the middle is written with an s.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My cousen came to stay for Diwali.

a) cousen
b) Diwali
c) stay
d) came

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a) cousen. The last part of this family word sounds and is spelt like the little word in.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nusoic

a) cousni
b) cousin
c) couisn
d) counis

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b) cousin. The answer is the family word for your aunt's or uncle's child; the other three are muddles of its letters.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

_ousin

a) s
b) k
c) c
d) q

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c) c. Cousin begins with a hard c, the same as cake.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tara and Neel are cousins. What could be true?

a) Their mothers are sisters.
b) Neel is Tara's uncle.
c) Tara is Neel's aunt.
d) Their mother is the same.

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a) Their mothers are sisters.

2. Which of these words also names a family member?

a) niece
b) neighbour
c) teacher
d) classmate

Show answer

a) niece

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