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Spell Bee Word: Huge


What does huge mean?

Word: Huge

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Huge means very, very big.

Synonyms: big, giant, enormous

Antonyms: small

How do you spell huge?

Syllables: huge

Tricky part: There is no d before the g, even though judge and fudge have one, and the e at the end is silent.

Watch out for: hudge, hudg, huj

Memory tip: Think of the silent e at the end as a full stop that you write but never say.

Huge in a sentence

Example 1: An elephant is a huge animal.

Example 2: There was a huge crowd at the Ganesh pandal.

Example 3: Nani made a huge pot of khichdi.

Fun Fact

Huge came into English about 800 years ago from an old French word, ahuge, that also meant very big.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) huge
b) hiuge
c) hyuge
d) hooge

Show answer

a) huge. The long u sound in huge is a single u, as in cube.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

huge

a) massive
b) heavy
c) large
d) tiny

Show answer

d) tiny. Tiny means very small, the opposite of huge.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gueh

a) huge
b) uhge
c) ghue
d) hgue

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a) huge. Begin with the h you hear first; only one of these then reads as a word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Choose the sentence that uses huge correctly.

a) The puppy ran very huge to me.
b) She huged her mother at the door.
c) We had a huge of rice for lunch.
d) The huge ship sailed into the port.

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d) The huge ship sailed into the port.

2. Which one is NOT huge?

a) a jumbo jet
b) a mountain
c) a whale
d) an ant

Show answer

d) an ant

Associated Words

milkcountrybloodboatmechanic
cookermixtureoliveroosteramount

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