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Spell Bee Word: Kingfisher


What does kingfisher mean?

Word: Kingfisher

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Kingfisher means a small, brightly coloured bird with a long, sharp beak. It dives into water to catch its food.

How do you spell kingfisher?

Syllables: king - fish - er

Tricky part: Children drop the g at the end of king, because it melts into the f sound.

Watch out for: kinfisher, kindfisher

Memory tip: This bird is the king of the river, so its name begins with all of king, g included.

Kingfisher in a sentence

Example 1: A kingfisher sat on a branch above the river.

Example 2: The kingfisher dived into the water.

Example 3: We saw a blue kingfisher near the paddy fields.

Fun Fact

The white-throated kingfisher is the state bird of West Bengal.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) kingfishir
b) kingfisher
c) kingfishar
d) kingfishur

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b) kingfisher. The last vowel sound is written e, then comes the r.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ngikfrihes

a) kingfisehr
b) kingfisher
c) kingfsiher
d) kingfihser

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b) kingfisher. Three choices muddle the letters near the end; the bird's name is the one that does not.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

kingffisher

a) f
b) k
c) r
d) g

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a) f. The bird's name has just one f.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

A blue kingfiser sat by the pond.

a) blue
b) pond
c) kingfiser
d) sat

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c) kingfiser. The sound after the i is sh, written with two letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does a kingfisher usually make its nest?

a) in a tunnel in a riverbank
b) in a pile of dry grass
c) on top of a tall tree
d) in a hole in a rooftop

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a) in a tunnel in a riverbank

2. A kingfisher sits very still on a branch over a pond. What is it most likely doing?

a) waiting for the rain to stop
b) sleeping until night comes
c) hiding from the hot sun
d) watching the water for food

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d) watching the water for food

Associated Words

Words that end in -her: another, whether, grandmother, grandfather, bother, neither

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ocean, rib, squirrel, vinegar, awful, chew, Easter, graph

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