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Spell Bee Word: Gymnastics


Basic Details

Word: Gymnastics

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A sport in which people do jumps, rolls, flips and balances on mats, bars and beams, showing strength and control.

How to Spell Gymnastics

Syllables: gym - nas - tics

Tricky part: It starts with g but sounds like j, and the vowel after it is y, not i. The end is ics, not iks.

Watch out for: jimnastics, gimnastics, gymnastiks

Memory tip: Gymnastics begins with gym, the hall where gymnasts train. Write gym, then nas, then tics.

Usage Examples

Example 1: My sister goes to gymnastics class every Saturday.

Example 2: In gymnastics you must land a jump without wobbling.

Example 3: We watched the gymnastics finals on TV and gasped at every flip.

Fun Fact

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian woman gymnast to compete at the Games, and she finished fourth in the vault.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) badmintan
b) swiming
c) atheletics
d) gymnastics

Show answer

d) gymnastics. Badminton ends in ton, athletics has no e after th, and swimming needs two m's.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

stamsingcy

a) gymnastcis
b) gymnatsics
c) gymnasitcs
d) gymnastics

Show answer

d) gymnastics. The jumble holds the letters of gym, nas and tics.

Word Cookie

Fill in the missing letters to form a word:

g_mnast_cs

a) y, e
b) y, i
c) i, e
d) i, i

Show answer

b) y, i. The j sound at the start is spelt gy, and the ending is tics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these do you see in gymnastics?

a) a bat hitting a ball
b) a swimming pool
c) a cartwheel on a mat
d) a racket and shuttlecock

Show answer

c) a cartwheel on a mat

2. Someone who does gymnastics is a ____.

a) pilot
b) plumber
c) gymnast
d) painter

Show answer

c) gymnast

Associated Words

crucialunhappyotterfuriousintend
hopefulnessfastenshallowconsistbasketball

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