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Spell Bee Word: Mist

Mist (noun): tiny drops of water floating in the air near the ground, which make things look blurry. Mist is thinner than fog.


What does mist mean?

Word: Mist

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Mist means tiny drops of water floating in the air near the ground, which make things look blurry. Mist is thinner than fog.

Sounds like: missed (Did not catch, hit or see something; the past of miss.)

How do you spell mist?

Syllables: mist

Tricky part: Mist sounds the same as missed, the past of miss. The weather word is mist; missed is about not catching or hitting something.

Watch out for: misd, mised

Memory tip: Mist is wet air; missed is a bus you did not catch. If you can see the tiny drops, use the weather word.

Mist in a sentence

Example 1: In the morning, mist covered the hills of Ooty.

Example 2: Through the mist, the old bridge looked like a grey shadow.

Example 3: The car windows were wet with mist.

Fun Fact

Weather experts call it mist when you can still see 1 kilometre or more, and fog when you cannot.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

mist

a) haze
b) wind
c) rain
d) sun

Show answer

a) haze. Haze and mist both make faraway things look blurry.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) cloudy
b) misst
c) morning
d) winter

Show answer

b) misst. One s is enough before the t.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

A cold mest covered the garden today.

a) cold
b) today
c) garden
d) mest

Show answer

d) mest. The vowel in mist is i, as in sit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to morning mist when the sun gets warm?

a) it slowly goes away
b) it turns into snow
c) it turns into hail
d) it gets thicker

Show answer

a) it slowly goes away

2. Drivers go slowly when there is mist on the road. Why?

a) the road is too hot
b) they cannot see far
c) the wind is too strong
d) the engine is too cold

Show answer

b) they cannot see far

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with m: meatball, magician, manager, medicine, motor, magnet

More words from this list

pumpkin, smash, tram, agent, calf, detergent, garage, iceberg

Next steps

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