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Spell Bee Word: Hairpin


What does hairpin mean?

Word: Hairpin

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Hairpin means a thin bent pin used to hold hair in place. A hairpin bend is a road that turns back sharply in a U shape.

How do you spell hairpin?

Syllables: hair - pin

Tricky part: Hairpin is written as one word, with no space and no hyphen. Children who hear hair and pin as two words often leave a gap.

Watch out for: hair-pin, hearpin

Memory tip: Picture the clip sliding straight into a plait with no gap left: write the word the same way, in one piece.

Hairpin in a sentence

Example 1: Mumma fixed my plait with two black hairpins.

Example 2: I found a hairpin under the sofa.

Example 3: Nani keeps a little tin of hairpins on her dressing table.

Fun Fact

Hairpins are very old. Pins carved from bone and ivory have been dug up from the ruins of ancient Rome.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) heirpin
b) hairpin
c) harepin
d) hairpen

Show answer

b) hairpin. Hairpin is simply hair and pin joined.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) shampu
b) ribban
c) mirrer
d) hairpin

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d) hairpin. Shampoo needs oo at the end, like zoo; mirrer and ribban have the wrong vowel before the last letter.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

pnriahi

a) haripin
b) hairpni
c) hiarpin
d) hairpin

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d) hairpin. Find the little three-letter fastener first; the other four letters go in front of it.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

hairpine

a) e
b) i
c) a
d) n

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a) e. A pin, unlike a pine tree, has no e at the end.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would you most likely drive round a hairpin bend?

a) on a straight main road
b) on a steep mountain road
c) on a railway bridge
d) in a school car park

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b) on a steep mountain road

2. Hairpin is a compound word. Which of these is also a compound word?

a) brushes
b) brushing
c) brushed
d) toothbrush

Show answer

d) toothbrush

Associated Words

upliftattractfardignityconcentrate
globeairportcriticisedevelopimpossible

Next steps

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