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Spell Bee Word: Fun


What does fun mean?

Word: Fun

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Fun means something you enjoy doing that makes you happy, like playing a game.

Synonyms: enjoyment, play

Antonyms: boredom

How do you spell fun?

Syllables: fun

Tricky part: Fun has a short u in the middle. Some children hear it as an o sound and write the wrong vowel.

Watch out for: fon, foan

Memory tip: Fun in the sun: the two words rhyme and both have u in the middle.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. make fun of: To laugh at someone in an unkind way. Example: "It is not nice to make fun of a friend who falls down."

Fun in a sentence

Example 1: Playing in the rain is so much fun.

Example 2: We had fun at Riya's birthday party.

Example 3: Swinging in the park is my kind of fun.

Fun Fact

Long ago, fun meant to trick or fool someone. The happy meaning came later.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Magic

Choose the incorrectly spelt magical word:

a) funn
b) fun

Show answer

a) funn. Funn has two n's; fun needs only one.

Letter Treasure

Fill in the missing consonant:

_un

a) f
b) v

Show answer

a) f. Vun is not a word. Fun starts with the f of fish.

Rhyme Chime

Find the word that doesn't rhyme:

a) bun
b) fin
c) fun
d) sun

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b) fin. Fun, sun and bun sound alike at the end. Fin does not.

Jumble Jungle

Rearrange the jumbled letters to form a hidden word:

nfu

a) nuf
b) fun

Show answer

b) fun. Swap the first and last letters and you get the word for a good time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most children would say ____ is fun.

a) a bad cough
b) a lost shoe
c) a long queue
d) a day at the fair

Show answer

d) a day at the fair

2. We had so much fun that we ____.

a) laughed a lot
b) cried all day
c) felt very sad
d) got very cross

Show answer

a) laughed a lot

Associated Words

poponcutseemet
vannotdamratran

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

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