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Spell Bee Word: Newborn


What does newborn mean?

Word: Newborn

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Newborn means very young, having just come into the world. As a noun, a newborn is a baby only days or weeks old.

How do you spell newborn?

Syllables: new - born

Tricky part: New is spelt ew, as in few and dew. Children who spell by sound write nu or noo instead.

Watch out for: nuborn, nooborn

Memory tip: A newborn is brand new, and new ends in ew, just like few and dew.

Newborn in a sentence

Example 1: The cow licked her newborn calf.

Example 2: My aunt brought her newborn son home today.

Example 3: Our cat had four newborn kittens in a basket.

Fun Fact

A newborn baby has around 300 bones. Many of them join together as the child grows, and a grown-up has 206.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Fusion

Add the correct option to the word before the blank to make a new word:

The new______ puppy slept all day.

a) boorn
b) boarn
c) bawn
d) born

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d) born. The second part is born, spelt with just o and r.

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?

newborn

a) bone
b) error
c) brown
d) owner

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b) error. Error needs three r's, and newborn has only one.

Jumble Tumble

What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?

wrobenn

a) very old and slow to move
b) big, strong and fully grown
c) fast asleep in a soft bed
d) a few days old and very tiny

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d) a few days old and very tiny. Wrobenn sorts itself into newborn.

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) cradle
b) rattel
c) newborn
d) blanket

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b) rattel. A baby's rattle is spelt with le at the end, like bottle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A newborn baby drinks ___.

a) juice
b) soup
c) tea
d) milk

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d) milk

2. Which of these does a newborn baby do most of the day?

a) sleep
b) run
c) cook
d) read

Show answer

a) sleep

Associated Words

evasiveinadequatepermanencenastymettle
deviousquerydefecationnomadicdispassionate

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