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Spell Bee Word: Mirror


What does mirror mean?

Word: Mirror

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Mirror means a flat, shiny surface that shows you a picture of yourself when you look into it.

Word origin: Mirror came into English from Old French, and goes back to a Latin word meaning to wonder at.

How do you spell mirror?

Syllables: mir - ror

Tricky part: The end sounds like er, but it is spelt or. Children often write mirrer.

Watch out for: mirrer, mirrur

Memory tip: Mirror ends the same way as doctor and actor: with or.

Mirror in a sentence

Example 1: I combed my hair in front of the mirror.

Example 2: The bathroom mirror was foggy after my bath.

Example 3: Our cat hissed at the cat in the mirror.

Fun Fact

The Aranmula kannadi from Kerala is a famous mirror made of polished metal, not glass.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) pillow
b) window
c) basket
d) miror

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d) miror. Mirror has two r's side by side in the middle.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: mirror

a) glass bottle
b) window pane
c) looking glass
d) picture frame

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c) looking glass. A looking glass is an old name for a mirror: you look into it to see yourself.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rimorr

a) mirror
b) mriror
c) rmiror
d) imrror

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a) mirror. Say mir-ror slowly and write the sounds in the order you hear them.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

m_rror

a) i
b) a
c) e
d) u

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a) i. Say mir: the short sound is an i, as in milk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these can show you your face, just like a mirror?

a) a wooden door
b) a paper bag
c) a brick wall
d) still water in a pond

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d) still water in a pond

2. A dentist uses a tiny mirror to see ____.

a) the colour of your eyes
b) the back of your teeth
c) the length of your hair
d) the size of your feet

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b) the back of your teeth

Associated Words

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More words from this list

present, sixteen, tool, amazed, bread, correct, father, happen

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