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Spell Bee Word: Eyesight


What does eyesight mean?

Word: Eyesight

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Eyesight means the ability to see.

How do you spell eyesight?

Syllables: eye - sight

Tricky part: The end sounds like the word bite, so pupils forget the silent g and h that sit before the t.

Watch out for: eyesite, eyesigt

Memory tip: The g and the h are two quiet eyes near the end of the word, watching without making a sound.

Eyesight in a sentence

Example 1: Long breaks from the screen help to protect your eyesight.

Example 2: Eagles have such sharp eyesight that they can spot a small animal from high in the sky.

Example 3: Nani's eyesight is still good enough to read the newspaper without glasses.

Fun Fact

Many eyesight tests still use a chart drawn up by the Dutch eye doctor Herman Snellen in 1862, with rows of letters that shrink as you read down.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) bedspreed
b) eyesight
c) thunderstorme
d) wheelbarow

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b) eyesight. Wheelbarrow needs two r's, bedspread has ea, and thunderstorm ends at the m.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

e_e_ight

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

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b) y, s. The word opens with the three letters of the body part you see with.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tgeiyhse

a) eyebrow
b) eyelash
c) eyesore
d) eyesight

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d) eyesight. All four begin the same way, but only one of them has a t, a g and an i to use up.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

eyesight

a) vision
b) balance
c) memory
d) hearing

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a) vision. Vision is the power of seeing, while the other three are about other abilities.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who would you visit to get your eyesight tested?

a) a dentist
b) an optician
c) a barber
d) a tailor

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b) an optician

2. Someone with sharp eyesight can ____.

a) lift a very heavy bag
b) smell food from afar
c) read a far-off signboard
d) hear a faint whisper

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c) read a far-off signboard

Associated Words

Words that end in -ight: copyright, delight, insight, twilight, straight, freight

More words from this list

increase, minibus, prepare, semitone, tragic, agency, capable, dependable

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