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Spell Bee Word: Herring


What does herring mean?

Word: Herring

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Herring means a small silvery sea fish that is eaten fresh, salted or smoked.

How do you spell herring?

Syllables: her - ring

Tricky part: There is a double r in the middle. Hering, with one r, is the slip teachers see most.

Watch out for: hering, herreng, herin

Memory tip: Picture two silver fish swimming side by side: they are the two r's in the middle of herring.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. a red herring: something that draws attention away from what really matters Example: "Talk of a new canteen was a red herring; the meeting was really about sports day."

Herring in a sentence

Example 1: The fishing boats came back loaded with herring.

Example 2: Gulls followed the trawler, hoping for a fallen herring.

Example 3: In the cold North Sea, herring swim in huge silver clouds.

Fun Fact

Scottish fishing families nicknamed herring the silver darlings, because the shining fish brought in so much of their living.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) pomfrett
b) herring
c) sardeen
d) shelfish

Show answer

b) herring. Pomfret has one t, sardine has an i and shellfish keeps its double l, so herring is the correct choice.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

grenrih

a) hearing
b) herring
c) hiring
d) herding

Show answer

b) herring. Only one word here takes both r's: herring.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

herriing

a) i
b) n
c) r
d) g

Show answer

a) i. The ing ending has just one i.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A fisherman says his boat found a shoal of herring. What is a shoal?

a) a basket for carrying the catch
b) a heavy net for catching fish
c) a small boat used for fishing
d) a big group of fish swimming

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d) a big group of fish swimming

2. A herring is much smaller than a ____.

a) prawn
b) shark
c) anchovy
d) sardine

Show answer

b) shark

Associated Words

Words that end in -ing: amazing, depressing, skateboarding, outstanding, beginning, weightlifting

More words from this list

mattress, polyester, sardine, terrible, zenith, bodyguard, deceptive, equal

Next steps

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