Spell Bee Word: Eight

What does eight mean?

Word: Eight

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Eight means the number 8. It comes after seven and before nine.

Sounds like: ate (the past form of eat, as in I ate a mango)

How do you spell eight?

Syllables: eight

Tricky part: Eight has a silent gh in the middle. You cannot hear the g or the h, but both must be written.

Watch out for: eigth, eihgt, eigt

Memory tip: Eight keeps a silent gh, like the quiet gh in daughter: you hear neither letter, but both are written.

Eight in a sentence

Example 1: Our classroom has eight windows.

Example 2: I wake up at eight o'clock on Sundays.

Example 3: There are eight crayons in my box.

Fun Fact

The gh in eight was once spoken, with a sound a bit like the ch in the Scottish word loch.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

two, four, six, ____

a) eight
b) nine
c) ten
d) seven

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) three
b) eighte
c) twelve
d) twenty

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

e_ght

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these has eight legs?

a) a beetle
b) an ant
c) a spider
d) a butterfly

2. Which number comes just before eight?

a) nine
b) six
c) seven
d) five