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Spell Bee Word: Fight


What does fight mean?

Word: Fight

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Fight means to argue or struggle with someone in anger. It can also mean to try very hard against something, like a fire or an illness.

How do you spell fight?

Syllables: fight

Tricky part: The g and h are silent, so they are easy to leave out: fite is the usual slip.

Watch out for: fite, figt

Memory tip: Fight has two quiet letters, g and h, that you write but never say.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. fight like cat and dog: To argue again and again. Example: "My two cousins fight like cat and dog over the TV remote."

Fight in a sentence

Example 1: Please do not fight over the swing.

Example 2: The two puppies had a play fight on the grass.

Example 3: Doctors fight germs to keep us well.

Fun Fact

Fight is a very old English word. More than a thousand years ago it was written feohtan.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our team will fieght hard to win the match.

a) fieght
b) hard
c) team
d) match

Show answer

a) fieght. There is no e in fight.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

fight

a) forgive
b) quarrel
c) share
d) agree

Show answer

b) quarrel. When two people quarrel, they fight with angry words.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

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a) figth
b) fihgt
c) fgiht
d) fight

Show answer

d) fight. The five letters make the word for having an angry quarrel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should you do instead of having a fight?

a) talk it over
b) break toys
c) shout louder
d) push harder

Show answer

a) talk it over

2. Doctors and nurses fight germs. Here, fight means to ____.

a) hide away from
b) make more of
c) try hard to stop
d) play games with

Show answer

c) try hard to stop

Associated Words

Words that end in -ght: overnight, midnight, moonlight, twilight, straight, highlight

More words from this list

hobby, mother, purr, sleep, trick, annoyed, brother, crawl

Next steps

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