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Spell Bee Word: Forehead


Basic Details

Word: Forehead

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The part of your face above your eyebrows and below your hair.

Synonyms: brow

How to Spell Forehead

Syllables: fore - head

Tricky part: Both parts are easy to get wrong: fore needs its e, and head is spelt with ea even though it sounds like hed.

Watch out for: forhead, forehed, forhed

Memory tip: Your forehead is the front of your head, so write fore (front) and then the whole word head, ea and all.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Amma put a cool cloth on my forehead when I had a fever.

Example 2: Sweat ran down the runner's forehead in the hot sun.

Example 3: The bride wore a small gold ornament on her forehead.

Fun Fact

The forehead has many sweat glands packed close together, which is why sweat often shows there first on a hot day.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) forhead
b) forehead
c) fourhead
d) forehed

Show answer

b) forehead. The word is fore + head, and both parts keep all their letters.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

for_h_ad

a) e, a
b) e, e
c) a, e
d) i, e

Show answer

b) e, e. Fore ends in e, and head is spelt h-e-a-d.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) cheek
b) forhed
c) eyebrow
d) chin

Show answer

b) forhed. Forehead needs the e of fore and the ea of head.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is your forehead?

a) behind your ear
b) below your chin
c) above your eyebrows
d) under your nose

Show answer

c) above your eyebrows

2. Dadi felt Arjun's forehead to check whether he had a ____.

a) pencil
b) fever
c) new toy
d) bicycle

Show answer

b) fever

Associated Words

peacefuldecisionaddsmartlettuce
stinkingfreightfrustrateenergeticsave

Next steps

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