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Spell Bee Word: Creep


What does creep mean?

Word: Creep

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Creep means to move slowly and quietly, often so that nobody notices you.

Synonyms: tiptoe

How do you spell creep?

Syllables: creep

Tricky part: The long e sound is spelt ee, and children often try ea instead, as in cream.

Watch out for: creap, creip

Memory tip: Your feet do the creeping, and feet has the same ee in the middle.

Creep in a sentence

Example 1: Mist began to creep over the hills in the evening.

Example 2: Vines creep up the walls of our old school.

Example 3: Time seems to creep by on the last day before the holidays.

Fun Fact

Plants such as money plants and pumpkins, which spread along the ground or up a wall, are called creepers.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

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a) k, p
b) c, p
c) k, b
d) c, b

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b) c, p. The hard sound at the start is a c, as in crawl, and the word closes with the p of peep.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) wisper
b) creep
c) slithar
d) crawel

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b) creep. Crawl has no e, whisper has an h after the w, and slither ends in er.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

creep

a) stamp
b) rush
c) sneak
d) leap

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c) sneak. To sneak is to move quietly so that no one hears you.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Watch the old tortoise creep slowly across the warm pavment.

a) slowly
b) creep
c) tortoise
d) pavment

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d) pavment. Pavement keeps the e of pave before the ending.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rohan creeps into the room where his baby brother is asleep. Why does he move like that?

a) so he does not wake the baby
b) so he can find his shoes
c) so he can make a loud noise
d) so he can get there first

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a) so he does not wake the baby

2. Which of these animals is best known for creeping along slowly?

a) a snail
b) a horse
c) a rabbit
d) a cheetah

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a) a snail

Associated Words

Words that start with cre: creativity, crew, creative, crescent, creation, credulous

More words from this list

expert, harsh, limit, patience, scatter, thrill, amuse, button

Next steps

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