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Spell Bee Word: Gosling


What does gosling mean?

Word: Gosling

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Gosling means a young goose.

How do you spell gosling?

Syllables: gos - ling

Tricky part: The grown bird has a double o, but this word does not keep it. Children often write goosling.

Watch out for: goosling, gooseling

Memory tip: A goose is big, so it gets two o's. A gosling is small, so it gets one.

Gosling in a sentence

Example 1: The gosling waddled behind its mother.

Example 2: A fluffy yellow gosling sat near the pond.

Example 3: Tara counted one more gosling on the lake today.

Fun Fact

A scientist called Konrad Lorenz found that newly hatched goslings would follow him around as if he were their mother.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

gosl_ng

a) e
b) i
c) a
d) u

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b) i. The last part is the one you hear in sing and ring.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

goslling

a) g
b) s
c) i
d) l

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d) l. After the s comes one l, not two.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

slogngi

a) gosilng
b) goslign
c) gosling
d) golsing

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c) gosling. Sound them out: this order alone names a baby bird.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) gozling
b) tadpole
c) piglet
d) duckling

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a) gozling. The middle buzzes like a z, yet the letter written there is s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound will a gosling make when it is fully grown?

a) a moo
b) a bark
c) a honk
d) a roar

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c) a honk

2. Which of these words also names a young animal?

a) cow
b) hen
c) bull
d) cub

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d) cub

Associated Words

Words that end in -ling: sailing, cling, feeling, cycling, wrestling

More words from this list

jaguar, music, rainy, sour, tunic, apart, carriage, doormat

Next steps

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