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Spell Bee Word: Fuss


What does fuss mean?

Word: Fuss

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Fuss means a lot of excited worry or busy activity about something that is not very important.

How do you spell fuss?

Syllables: fuss

Tricky part: The vowel is a short u, as in cup, not an a.

Watch out for: fass, phuss

Memory tip: Spilt milk from a cup can cause a fuss. Cup and fuss have the same short u.

Fuss in a sentence

Example 1: Grandma made a big fuss over my birthday.

Example 2: Please don't make a fuss about the spilt water.

Example 3: The puppy loves all the fuss we give it.

Fun Fact

No one is sure where fuss came from. It first turned up in English about 300 years ago and may simply copy the sound of busy, flapping movement.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

There was a lot of fus when the new teacher arrived.

a) lot
b) teacher
c) fus
d) arrived

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c) fus. This word ends with a double s.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

sfsu

a) fsus
b) usfs
c) sfus
d) fuss

Show answer

d) fuss. The f comes first and the two s letters sit together at the end.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) kettle
b) buton
c) pillow
d) fuss

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b) buton. Button needs two t's, just as pillow needs two l's.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ravi made a fuss about a tiny mark on his bag. What did he do?

a) cleaned it off quietly
b) got very worked up about it
c) laughed and forgot it
d) did not notice it at all

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b) got very worked up about it

2. What is the opposite of making a fuss?

a) getting upset
b) rushing about
c) staying calm
d) shouting a lot

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c) staying calm

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with f: fence, freeze, field, famous, filthy, folder

More words from this list

hummingbird, medicine, pomegranate, short, timetable, achieve, bulldozer, daughter

Next steps

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