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Spell Bee Word: Fur


What does fur mean?

Word: Fur

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Fur means the soft, thick hair that covers the body of animals such as cats, rabbits and bears.

Sounds like: fir (a tall tree with thin, sharp leaves called needles)

How do you spell fur?

Syllables: fur

Tricky part: Fur has only one r at the end, even though the sound seems to stretch on.

Watch out for: furr, fure

Memory tip: Fur is tiny: three letters, nothing doubled, and no e on the end.

Fur in a sentence

Example 1: Our cat's fur is soft and grey.

Example 2: Riya gently brushed the rabbit's fur.

Example 3: The puppy shook the water out of its fur.

Fun Fact

A polar bear's fur looks white, but each hair is see-through and hollow. Light bouncing off the hairs is what makes the coat look white.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The kitten has soft orange ferr on its back.

a) kitten
b) orange
c) ferr
d) back

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c) ferr. The coat word has a u and just one r.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rfu

a) urf
b) fur
c) ufr
d) fru

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b) fur. Start with the f sound; the other two letters follow in the order you say them.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) whiskar
b) feather
c) fur
d) rabbit

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a) whiskar. Whisker ends in er; rabbit, fur and feather are all spelt right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animal has fur?

a) a squirrel
b) a fish
c) a snake
d) a frog

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a) a squirrel

2. Why do many animals have thick fur?

a) to help them hear sounds
b) to make them run faster
c) to keep them warm in the cold
d) to help them see in the dark

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c) to keep them warm in the cold

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with f: feast, foot, forehead, fair, festival, flood

More words from this list

housefly, marvel, plump, shelter, throne, absent, building, cycle

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