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Spell Bee Word: Kiwi

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What does kiwi mean?

Word: Kiwi

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Kiwi means a small brown bird from New Zealand that cannot fly. Kiwi is also the name of a fuzzy brown fruit.

How do you spell kiwi?

Syllables: ki - wi

Tricky part: The ending sounds like ee, but it is a single i. Kiwee is a common slip.

Watch out for: kiwee, kiwie

Memory tip: The kiwi bird has no tail to speak of, so the word stops short too: one i at the end and nothing after it.

Kiwi in a sentence

Example 1: The kiwi pecks the ground with its long beak.

Example 2: A kiwi bird is about the size of a hen.

Example 3: We saw a picture of a kiwi in the zoo book.

Fun Fact

A kiwi lays one of the biggest eggs of any bird, compared to the size of its body.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) kivi
b) ostrich
c) pigeon
d) penguin

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a) kivi. Kiwi has a w in the middle, not a v.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

sparrow, crow, ____, peacock

a) moth
b) ant
c) kiwi
d) bee

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c) kiwi. A kiwi is about the size of a hen: bigger than a crow, but smaller than a peacock.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

k_wi

a) o
b) e
c) a
d) i

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d) i. Put i in the gap and you get kiwi; e, a and o make no word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these birds also cannot fly, like the kiwi?

a) an eagle
b) an ostrich
c) a crow
d) a parrot

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b) an ostrich

2. Inside, a kiwi fruit is green with tiny black ____.

a) shells
b) stones
c) seeds
d) leaves

Show answer

c) seeds

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with k: keen, kindergarten, kayak, kangaroo

More words from this list

octopus, river, stall, vulture, backpack, chimpanzee, earn, grandparent

Next steps

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