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Spell Bee Word: Feather


What does feather mean?

Word: Feather

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Feather means one of the soft, light parts that cover a bird's body and help it to fly and keep warm.

How do you spell feather?

Syllables: feath - er

Tricky part: The short e sound is spelt ea, as in bread and head. Leaving out the a is the most common slip.

Watch out for: fether, faether

Memory tip: A bird wears feathers on its head. Head and feather both spell the short e sound with ea.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. birds of a feather flock together: People who are alike like to spend time together. Example: "Riya and Tara both love painting; birds of a feather flock together."

Feather in a sentence

Example 1: I found a peacock feather in the garden.

Example 2: The bird puffed up its feathers in the cold.

Example 3: The crow cleaned its black feathers with its beak.

Fun Fact

A peacock sheds its long tail feathers once a year after the breeding season and then grows a new set.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) feather
b) feathor
c) feathar
d) feathur

Show answer

a) feather. Feather ends with er, like mother and father.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The parrot dropped a green feater on the balcony.

a) feater
b) green
c) parrot
d) balcony

Show answer

a) feater. Feather needs an h after the t, the th you hear in this and that.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

____, wing, bird, flock

a) beak
b) nest
c) feather
d) egg

Show answer

c) feather. A feather is part of a wing, a wing is part of a bird, and many birds together make a flock.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animal has feathers?

a) a goat
b) a frog
c) a dog
d) a sparrow

Show answer

d) a sparrow

2. A ____ is often filled with soft feathers.

a) pillow
b) water bottle
c) pencil box
d) school shoe

Show answer

a) pillow

Associated Words

Words that end in -ther: whether, grandmother, grandfather

More words from this list

heat, mixture, pretty, skate, tooth, amount, breeze, cotton

Next steps

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