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Spell Bee Word: Finger


What does finger mean?

Word: Finger

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Finger means one of the long, thin parts at the end of your hand. You have four fingers and a thumb on each hand.

How do you spell finger?

Syllables: fin - ger

Tricky part: The word ends in er, not ar or ur, even though you cannot hear which one it is.

Watch out for: fingar, fingur

Memory tip: Finger ends the same way as mother and father: er.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. keep your fingers crossed: To hope that something good will happen. Example: "Keep your fingers crossed for my class test."

Finger in a sentence

Example 1: I counted on my fingers.

Example 2: Kavya wears a ring on her finger.

Example 3: Wash every finger before you eat.

Fun Fact

No two people have the same fingerprints, not even identical twins.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) funger
b) finger
c) fenger
d) fanger

Show answer

b) finger. Finger starts with fin, as in a fish's fin.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

fin_er

a) n
b) k
c) g
d) j

Show answer

c) g. A hard g, as in go, sits between fin and er.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

nail, ____, hand, arm

a) knee
b) finger
c) nose
d) toe

Show answer

b) finger. A nail sits on a finger, a finger is part of a hand, and a hand is at the end of an arm.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do you have at the tip of each finger?

a) a nail
b) an elbow
c) a toe
d) a knee

Show answer

a) a nail

2. What do people often wear on a finger?

a) a sock
b) a cap
c) a ring
d) a belt

Show answer

c) a ring

Associated Words

Words that end in -ger: tiger, eager, charger

More words from this list

homework, mouth, quick, slipper, trouble, apple, bubble, croak

Next steps

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