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Spell Bee Word: Grasshopper

Grasshopper (noun): an insect with long, strong back legs that it uses to leap through the grass.


What does grasshopper mean?

Word: Grasshopper

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Grasshopper means an insect with long, strong back legs that it uses to leap through the grass.

How do you spell grasshopper?

Syllables: grass - hop - per

Tricky part: There is a double s in grass and a double p in hopper. Children often drop one of them.

Watch out for: grasshoper, grashopper

Memory tip: It hops in the grass, and each half of its name brings its own double letter.

Grasshopper in a sentence

Example 1: A grasshopper jumped onto my shoe.

Example 2: Grasshoppers hide in tall grass.

Example 3: The grasshopper's long back legs help it leap.

Fun Fact

Many grasshoppers make their chirping sound by rubbing their back legs against their wings.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) grasshopper
b) grasshoppur
c) grasshoppar
d) grasshoppa

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a) grasshopper. The end of grasshopper is er.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

grasshoopper

a) o
b) s
c) p
d) h

Show answer

a) o. Hop has one o, and so does grasshopper.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ophsgaserrp

a) grassohpper
b) grasshopper
c) garsshopper
d) rgasshopper

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b) grasshopper. Find grass first, then build the hopping part from what is left.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many legs does a grasshopper have?

a) six
b) four
c) eight
d) ten

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a) six

2. What colour are most grasshoppers?

a) black or white
b) blue or purple
c) green or brown
d) red or orange

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c) green or brown

Associated Words

Words that end in -pper: pepper, slipper, copper

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