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Spell Bee Word: Fern


What does fern mean?

Word: Fern

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Fern means a green plant with long, feathery leaves and no flowers. Ferns like damp, shady places.

How do you spell fern?

Syllables: fern

Tricky part: The er sound can also be spelt ur or ir (fur, firm), so children guess the wrong pair. Fern uses er.

Watch out for: furn, fearn

Memory tip: Fern has the same er as her: her fern grows in the shade.

Fern in a sentence

Example 1: Ferns grow well in the damp shade near our water tank.

Example 2: Grandma keeps a fern in a hanging pot on the balcony.

Example 3: We saw tall ferns on our trek in the Western Ghats.

Fun Fact

Ferns are very old plants. They were growing on Earth long before the first dinosaurs appeared.

Practise the CREST Way

Sound Check

Which word rhymes with fern?

a) worn
b) fan
c) learn
d) fear

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c) learn. Learn has the same er sound as fern, even though it is spelt e-a-r.

Spellacadabra

From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?

a) moss
b) fern
c) ivy
d) creepper

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d) creepper. Creeper has a single p; take one out.

Word Champ

Choose the correct word for the blank:

The shady corner of the garden was full of feathery green ______.

a) ferns
b) fears
c) foams
d) forms

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a) ferns. Feathery green leaves belong to a plant; fears, forms and foams do not grow in a garden.

Spell Spies

Choose the option with no spelling errors:

a) fern, cactus, bambooh, tullip
b) fern, kactus, bamboo, toolip
c) fern, cactis, bambu, tulip
d) fern, cactus, bamboo, tulip

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d) fern, cactus, bamboo, tulip. Cactus, bamboo and tulip are spelt correctly only in this list.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would a fern grow best?

a) under tall forest trees
b) in a snowy field
c) on a dry sand dune
d) in a hot desert

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a) under tall forest trees

2. How does a new fern start to grow?

a) from big seeds
b) from onion bulbs
c) from fruit stones
d) from tiny spores

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d) from tiny spores

Associated Words

More Class 3 Winter Spell Bee words starting with f: flagpole, floss, fishmonger, fret, fling, furnish

More words from this list

hint, moderate, rewind, stencil, tutor, anklet, chilly, custard

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