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Spell Bee Word: Eyelash


What does eyelash mean?

Word: Eyelash

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Eyelash means one of the short curved hairs that grow in a row along the edge of each eye.

How do you spell eyelash?

Syllables: eye - lash

Tricky part: You hear just one i sound at the start, but it is spelt with the whole word eye. Children often write i or ey instead.

Watch out for: eylash, eyelashe, ielash

Memory tip: Point to your eye, then to the row of hairs along its edge. The word is built the same way: the eye comes first.

Eyelash in a sentence

Example 1: An eyelash fell on my cheek.

Example 2: Babies often have long, soft eyelashes.

Example 3: Eva blew an eyelash off her fingertip and made a wish.

Fun Fact

An eyelash does not last for ever. Each one falls out after a few months and a new lash grows in its place.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) eyelaash
b) eyelush
c) eyelash
d) eyelesh

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c) eyelash. The vowel in the second half is a short a, as in cat.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

hlyaese

a) eyelsah
b) eyelahs
c) eyelash
d) eyelhas

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c) eyelash. Put eye at the front, then sort out the last four letters.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

eye_ash

a) c
b) l
c) b
d) r

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b) l. An l starts the second half of the word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do we have eyelashes?

a) to keep our eyes warm
b) to help us see in the dark
c) to make our eyes look bigger
d) to help keep dust out of our eyes

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d) to help keep dust out of our eyes

2. Eyelashes grow on the skin that closes over your eye. What is that skin called?

a) the cheekbone
b) the eyeball
c) the eyebrow
d) the eyelid

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d) the eyelid

Associated Words

Words that end in -ash: crash, smash, trash, newsflash

More words from this list

happy, leopard, parade, scarf, straighten, while, beetle, cockroach

Next steps

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