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Spell Bee Word: Diving

Diving (noun): the sport or activity of jumping head first into water, or of swimming deep underwater with special equipment.

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What does diving mean?

Word: Diving

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Diving means the sport or activity of jumping head first into water, or of swimming deep underwater with special equipment.

Synonyms: plunging, jumping

How do you spell diving?

Syllables: div - ing

Tricky part: The e of dive is dropped before ing. Children also double the v by mistake.

Watch out for: diveing, divving, dieving

Memory tip: A diver leaves the towel behind before the jump; dive leaves its e behind before ing.

Diving in a sentence

Example 1: The diving competition starts at ten in the morning.

Example 2: We watched the gulls diving into the sea for fish.

Example 3: My uncle went diving near the Andaman Islands.

Fun Fact

Emperor penguins have been recorded diving more than 500 metres below the surface of the sea.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) diving
b) surfeing
c) swiming
d) snorkling

Show answer

a) diving. Swimming doubles the m, surfing has no e, and snorkelling keeps the e of snorkel and doubles the l.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letters to form a word:

d_v_ng

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

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d) i, i. Both gaps take an i, one before the v and one after it.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gindiv

a) diving
b) driving
c) dining
d) giving

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a) diving. Driving has an r and giving has two g's, so only diving matches.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Ravi won a medal for diving at the inter-school swimming compitition.

a) compitition
b) swimming
c) medal
d) diving

Show answer

a) compitition. Competition has an e after the p, as compete does.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which bird is famous for diving into water to catch fish?

a) peacock
b) sparrow
c) pigeon
d) kingfisher

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d) kingfisher

2. What does a deep-sea diver need?

a) a snorkel and a sun hat
b) a rope and a torch
c) a life jacket and a whistle
d) an air tank and a mask

Show answer

d) an air tank and a mask

Associated Words

Words that end in -ing: skateboarding, outstanding, weightlifting, herring, training, confusing

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