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Spell Bee Word: Fish


What does fish mean?

Word: Fish

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Fish means an animal that lives in water, breathes through gills and swims with fins.

How do you spell fish?

Syllables: fish

Tricky part: The last sound is spelt sh, not ch or s.

Watch out for: fich, fis, fissh

Memory tip: Put a finger to your lips and say shh so you do not scare the fish: that quiet sh sound is the one in fish.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. a fish out of water: Someone who feels strange and uneasy in a new place. Example: "On her first day at the new school, Pari felt like a fish out of water."

Fish in a sentence

Example 1: The fish swam round and round the bowl.

Example 2: Amma made fish curry with rice.

Example 3: We fed the fish in the temple pond.

Fun Fact

A seahorse is a fish, even though its head looks like a tiny horse.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We saw a big fishe in the river.

a) big
b) fishe
c) river
d) saw

Show answer

b) fishe. Fish has no e at the end.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) fish
b) fush
c) fesh
d) feesh

Show answer

a) fish. Fish has a short i, as in fin.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

shif

a) fish
b) fsih
c) fihs
d) sfih

Show answer

a) fish. The four letters name an animal that swims with fins.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A fish breathes under water using its ____.

a) lungs
b) scales
c) fins
d) gills

Show answer

d) gills

2. A fish can live in a ____.

a) hive
b) lake
c) burrow
d) nest

Show answer

b) lake

Associated Words

koalapartyauntcarelessaccount
finishdrinkrosechinbrother

More words from this list

horse, nail, rabbit, snail, Tuesday, artist, bull, crowd

Next steps

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