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Spell Bee Word: Huntress


What does huntress mean?

Word: Huntress

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Huntress means a woman or girl who hunts.

How do you spell huntress?

Syllables: hunt - ress

Tricky part: Children often slip an extra e into the middle, as in hunteress, and forget that the word ends with two s's.

Watch out for: hunteress, huntres

Memory tip: Picture the two s's at the end as two footprints the huntress leaves behind on the trail.

Huntress in a sentence

Example 1: In the old tale, the huntress could hit a target from far away.

Example 2: The huntress in the storybook could read animal tracks in the snow.

Example 3: My sister dressed as a brave huntress for the fancy dress show.

Fun Fact

In Greek stories, Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and is often called the huntress.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the masculine form of the word:

huntress

a) huntman
b) hunter
c) huntor
d) hunting

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b) hunter. Hunter is the masculine form of huntress.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) huntriss
b) traveller
c) explorer
d) archery

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a) huntriss. The ending is ress, with an e, as in waitress.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

hunttress

a) t
b) s
c) r
d) n

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a) t. Hunt has one t, and it stays single when ress is added.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

snehtrus

a) huntress
b) uhntress
c) hutnress
d) hnutress

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a) huntress. Hunt comes first, then ress, as in waitress.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Name the feminine word that ends in ess, like huntress.

a) lioness
b) careless
c) dress
d) address

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a) lioness

2. Which sentence uses huntress correctly?

a) My brother wants to be a huntress.
b) The huntress was a tall man.
c) The huntress waited silently behind the tree.
d) The king was a famous huntress.

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c) The huntress waited silently behind the tree.

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