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Spell Bee Word: Nephew


What does nephew mean?

Word: Nephew

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Nephew means the son of your brother or sister.

Word origin: Nephew came into English from the French word neveu, which comes from the Latin word nepos.

How do you spell nephew?

Syllables: neph - ew

Tricky part: The f sound in the middle is spelt ph, not f. Children who spell it by sound write nefew.

Watch out for: nefew, nevew

Memory tip: Nephew gets the posh f: a p and an h, never a plain f.

Nephew in a sentence

Example 1: My uncle calls my little brother his favourite nephew.

Example 2: Uncle Ajay took his nephew to the cricket match.

Example 3: Bua gave her little nephew a red toy train.

Fun Fact

Hindi has two words for nephew: bhatija is your brother's son and bhanja is your sister's son.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) nephue
b) brother
c) cousin
d) family

Show answer

a) nephue. Nephew ends in ew, the same two letters as in few.

Word Connection

Select the feminine form of the word: nephew

a) sister
b) daughter
c) niece
d) aunt

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c) niece. A niece is a girl in the same place in the family as a nephew.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

hewnep

a) enphew
b) nephew
c) nephwe
d) nphewe

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b) nephew. Spot the p and h, which stay side by side, and build the word around them.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

n_phew

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

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b) e. Listen to the first beat, neph: it has the e of nest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rohan is Meena's nephew. So Meena is Rohan's ____.

a) mother
b) cousin
c) aunt
d) sister

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c) aunt

2. Which sentence makes sense?

a) My nephew is a girl named Riya.
b) My nephew is my grandmother's brother.
c) My aunt sent a birthday card to her nephew.
d) My nephew is my father's father.

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c) My aunt sent a birthday card to her nephew.

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ne: newsflash, nebula, necessary

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