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Spell Bee Word: Discus


What does discus mean?

Word: Discus

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Discus means a heavy, round, flat object that athletes throw as far as they can.

How do you spell discus?

Syllables: dis - cus

Tricky part: Do not mix it up with discuss, the verb that means to talk about something. The sports word has one s fewer at the end.

Watch out for: diskus, discusse

Memory tip: One throw, one final s: an athlete throws one at a time, and a single s closes the word.

Discus in a sentence

Example 1: Neha spun round twice and sent the discus flying across the field.

Example 2: The discus landed just outside the white line.

Example 3: Our games teacher showed us how to hold a discus with the fingertips.

Fun Fact

Discus comes from the Greek diskos, and the English words disc, dish and desk can all be traced back to it.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

usicsd

a) disgust
b) dismiss
c) discus
d) discard

Show answer

c) discus. Discard and dismiss have no u, and disgust has a g and a t that the jumble lacks.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

d_sc_s

a) i, u
b) e, u
c) i, a
d) a, u

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a) i, u. Pin gives you the short sound of the first gap, and u is the weak one.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

disscus

a) s
b) u
c) d
d) c

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a) s. Only one s comes before the c.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) hurdels
b) javlin
c) discus
d) athelete

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c) discus. Javlin has lost the e after its v, athelete has gained an e after its h, and hurdels has its e and l the wrong way round.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At which school event would you most likely see a discus?

a) the evening music recital
b) the yearly book fair
c) the science exhibition
d) the annual sports day

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d) the annual sports day

2. A good discus thrower needs ____.

a) strong arms and good balance
b) quick fingers and a keyboard
c) neat handwriting and a ruler
d) a sharp ear and a sweet voice

Show answer

a) strong arms and good balance

Associated Words

Words that start with disc: disclose, discipline, discomfort, discourage, disciple, disconnect

More words from this list

frequency, intuitive, nebula, quality, solstice, uneven, ancestor, close

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