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Spell Bee Word: Ferret


What does ferret mean?

Word: Ferret

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Ferret means a small animal with a long thin body and soft fur, which some people keep as a pet.

How do you spell ferret?

Syllables: fer - ret

Tricky part: Two rs sit in the middle. The short e makes it easy to write only one and end up with feret.

Watch out for: feret, farret

Memory tip: Hear the quick run-run of the animal through a tunnel: one r for each run.

Ferret in a sentence

Example 1: The ferret curled up and slept in Tara's old woolly hat.

Example 2: Uncle Joe's ferret loves racing through cardboard tubes.

Example 3: A ferret has short legs and a long, bendy back.

Fun Fact

Because this animal loves poking into holes, the word is also a verb: to ferret around in a drawer is to search through it for something.

Practise the CREST Way

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

ferr__

a) ut
b) ot
c) et
d) it

Show answer

c) et. The ending is et, which gives ferret.

Spell Spies

Choose the pair which has a spelling error:

a) mouse : mice
b) puppy : puppys
c) ferret : ferrets
d) rabbit : rabbits

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b) puppy : puppys. A word ending in a consonant and y changes the y to ies, so the plural is puppies.

Word Champ

Choose the correct word for the blank:

Our neighbour's pet ___ slipped into the empty sleeve of my jacket.

a) bonnet
b) carrot
c) ferret
d) turret

Show answer

c) ferret. Only a small pet animal could slip into a sleeve.

Jumble Tumble

Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form the name of an animal?

a) terfer
b) terfen
c) terfur
d) lerfer

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a) terfer. Terfer holds exactly the letters of the animal's name; n, u and l do not belong in it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these animals is closest to a ferret in shape?

a) an owl
b) a weasel
c) a tortoise
d) a goat

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b) a weasel

2. What do pet ferrets spend most of the day doing?

a) swimming
b) climbing
c) digging
d) sleeping

Show answer

d) sleeping

Associated Words

Words that end in -ret: fret, beret, interpret

More words from this list

hint, moan, relish, statue, tread, able, calcium, crooked

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