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Spell Bee Word: Hutch


What does hutch mean?

Word: Hutch

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Hutch means a small wooden home with a wire front for a small pet.

How do you spell hutch?

Syllables: hutch

Tricky part: A quiet t comes before the ch. Children hear only the ch and write huch.

Watch out for: huch, hutsh

Memory tip: A rabbit may scratch at the door of its hutch. Scratch has the same quiet t before the ch.

Hutch in a sentence

Example 1: Rohan cleans his rabbit's hutch every Sunday.

Example 2: The hutch stands under a shady tree.

Example 3: Our new hutch has room for two rabbits.

Fun Fact

Long ago a hutch had nothing to do with rabbits. The word meant a chest for storing things.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

h_tch

a) e
b) u
c) y
d) o

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b) u. Say it aloud: it has the same vowel sound as bus.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

chuth

a) thuch
b) uhtch
c) hutch
d) htuch

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c) hutch. This word begins and ends with the same letter.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) hutch
b) cabbige
c) rabbit
d) garden

Show answer

b) cabbige. The end of cabbage is spelt age, not ige.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Dad built a wooden hutche for the rabbits.

a) hutche
b) rabbits
c) built
d) wooden

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a) hutche. No e follows the ch in this word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does a hutch have a wire front?

a) so the pet can hide away
b) so the pet gets air and light
c) so the pet can swim inside
d) so the pet can keep warm

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b) so the pet gets air and light

2. Which of these is a home for a pet, just like a hutch?

a) kitchen
b) kettle
c) kitten
d) kennel

Show answer

d) kennel

Associated Words

Words that end in -tch: stitch, watch, catch, wristwatch, scratch, stretch

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naughty, read, sofa, twist, attempt, buzz, cyan, five

Next steps

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