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Spell Bee Word: Hiking


What does hiking mean?

Word: Hiking

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Hiking means going on long walks in hills, forests or the countryside for fun or exercise.

Synonyms: rambling

How do you spell hiking?

Syllables: hik - ing

Tricky part: Hike drops its e before ing, so hikeing is wrong.

Watch out for: hikeing, hicking

Memory tip: The e at the end of hike is silent, and it steps aside when ing arrives: no e is left in the middle.

Hiking in a sentence

Example 1: We went hiking in the hills near Lonavala.

Example 2: Good shoes and a water bottle are a must for hiking.

Example 3: Hiking up the slope, we spotted a family of langurs.

Fun Fact

Hike also means a sudden rise in prices, so a newspaper headline about a fare hike has nothing to do with walking.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

hikking

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

Show answer

a) k. Hike has one k, and adding ing does not double it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) climing
b) hiking
c) mountin
d) campping

Show answer

b) hiking. Climbing hides a silent b, the one climing has dropped; campping and mountin are misspelt too.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ginkih

a) kihing
b) hiking
c) hkiing
d) ihking

Show answer

b) hiking. Find the ing ending first; hik is what remains.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

hiking

a) skating
b) swimming
c) trekking
d) sailing

Show answer

c) trekking. Trekking means going on long walks in hills and mountains, just like hiking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would people most likely go hiking?

a) along a hill trail
b) in a swimming pool
c) on a busy motorway
d) inside a cinema

Show answer

a) along a hill trail

2. Hiking is mostly done ____.

a) on foot
b) on a bicycle
c) by car
d) by train

Show answer

a) on foot

Associated Words

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bushydaffodildownstairshorizoncarve

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