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Spell Bee Word: Jeans


What does jeans mean?

Word: Jeans

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Jeans means trousers made of a strong cotton cloth called denim, usually blue.

Synonyms: denims

Sounds like: genes (tiny parts inside our bodies, passed from parents to children)

How do you spell jeans?

Syllables: jeans

Tricky part: The long e sound is spelt ea. Children often write ee instead.

Watch out for: jeens, jenes, jiens

Memory tip: Jeans can get dirty and need to be cleaned: jeans and clean share ea.

Jeans in a sentence

Example 1: Bhaiya wore blue jeans to the party.

Example 2: My jeans have a hole in the knee.

Example 3: Mumma bought me new jeans for my birthday.

Fun Fact

The name jeans comes from Genoa, a port city in Italy where the cloth was once made.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) jacket
b) sweater
c) shirt
d) jeanz

Show answer

d) jeanz. Jeans ends with s, even though it sounds like z; shirt, jacket and sweater are all correct.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

sneaj

a) jneas
b) jeans
c) njeas
d) jeasn

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b) jeans. Say each one aloud: only one can be read as the word for denim trousers.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

jea_s

a) r
b) l
c) m
d) n

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d) n. The sound before the s is n, as in bean.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pick the sentence that sounds right.

a) My jeans are in the wash.
b) My jean are in the wash.
c) My jeanses are in the wash.
d) My jeans is in the wash.

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a) My jeans are in the wash.

2. Which shop would sell jeans?

a) a shoe shop
b) a toy shop
c) a sweet shop
d) a clothes shop

Show answer

d) a clothes shop

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with j: June, July, joyful, jumper, jump

More words from this list

nose, rice, spine, waiter, badger, careless, December, flour

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

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