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Spell Bee Word: Hammer


What does hammer mean?

Word: Hammer

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Hammer means a tool with a handle and a heavy metal head, used for hitting things.

How do you spell hammer?

Syllables: ham - mer

Tricky part: Two m's stand in the middle. Many children write only one and get hamer.

Watch out for: hamer, hamor

Memory tip: Hum a long mmm as you lift the tool. A long hum needs two m's.

Hammer in a sentence

Example 1: Papa used a hammer to fix the loose shelf.

Example 2: Please pass me the small hammer from the toolbox.

Example 3: A hammer is heavy, so hold it with care.

Fun Fact

One tiny bone inside your ear is called the hammer because of its shape.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) hammor
b) hammar
c) hammer
d) hammir

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c) hammer. The last beat is spelt the same as the end of ladder.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

mrhaem

a) hammre
b) ahmmer
c) heammr
d) hammer

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d) hammer. Begin with the breathy h and keep the pair of matching letters together.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

h_mmer

a) o
b) i
c) y
d) a

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d) a. The first beat has the short vowel of ham.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

hammber

a) b
b) e
c) m
d) r

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a) b. No b follows the m here, though it does in chamber.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which worker uses a hammer the most?

a) carpenter
b) pilot
c) singer
d) nurse

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a) carpenter

2. Which of these goes into wood when you use a hammer?

a) a nail
b) a ribbon
c) a spoon
d) a pencil

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a) a nail

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with h: healthy, hardly, hike, huge, horse, hutch

More words from this list

meerkat, porcupine, shorts, tiny, aircraft, bowl, confirm, false

Next steps

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