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Spell Bee Word: Hardship


What does hardship mean?

Word: Hardship

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Hardship means a time of great difficulty, such as not having enough money or food.

Synonyms: difficulty, trouble, suffering

Antonyms: ease

How do you spell hardship?

Syllables: hard - ship

Tricky part: The sh sound in the middle is easy to mishear, so some children write hardsip or hardchip.

Watch out for: hardsip, hardshipp, herdship

Memory tip: Think of shh, the sound you make to ask for quiet: hardship has that same sh in its middle, not a plain s.

Hardship in a sentence

Example 1: The farmer's family faced hardship when the rains failed two years in a row.

Example 2: Many freedom fighters faced great hardship for the sake of their country.

Example 3: Shared hardship can bring neighbours closer together.

Fun Fact

The ending ship in hardship, friendship and leadership has nothing to do with boats; it comes from an Old English ending that meant the state of being something.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) kindnes
b) sorow
c) hapiness
d) hardship

Show answer

d) hardship. Kindness, happiness and sorrow have each lost a letter here, so hardship is the one spelt right.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

hardship

a) struggle
b) poverty
c) sorrow
d) comfort

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d) comfort. Comfort means an easy, pleasant life, the opposite of hardship.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

sdhipahr

a) harshest
b) airship
c) hardship
d) hardiness

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c) hardship. Airship has no d and harshest needs an e and a t, so all eight letters go into hardship.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A family facing hardship might have to ____.

a) fly abroad on holiday
b) buy a second car
c) hold a grand party
d) sell gold to pay rent

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d) sell gold to pay rent

2. In which word does ship mean a state, as in hardship, and not a boat?

a) spaceship
b) warship
c) membership
d) shipyard

Show answer

c) membership

Associated Words

Words that end in -ship: scholarship, internship, friendship, companionship, championship, fellowship

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: difficulty, trouble, suffering

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Next steps

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