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Spell Bee Word: Nine


What does nine mean?

Word: Nine

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Nine means the number 9. It comes after eight and before ten.

How do you spell nine?

Syllables: nine

Tricky part: The i says its own name because of the silent e at the end. Children who forget the e write nin.

Watch out for: nin, nien, niene

Memory tip: Count on your fingers: nine has four letters, and the last one is a silent e.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. on cloud nine: Very, very happy. Example: "Anu was on cloud nine after winning the race."

Nine in a sentence

Example 1: My brother is nine years old.

Example 2: School starts at nine o'clock.

Example 3: We have nine mango trees on the farm.

Fun Fact

Nine keeps its e in nineteen and ninety, but drops it in ninth.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) nine
b) niine
c) nnine
d) ninne

Show answer

a) nine. Nine has a single n at each end, with no doubled letters.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

six, seven, eight, ____

a) nine
b) ten
c) eleven
d) five

Show answer

a) nine. Counting up one at a time, nine comes after eight.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My grandpa has nyne cows on his farm.

a) grandpa
b) nyne
c) farm
d) cows

Show answer

b) nyne. Nine is spelt with an i, not a y.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nine is three more than ____.

a) five
b) four
c) six
d) seven

Show answer

c) six

2. Nine is an odd number. Which of these is also odd?

a) eight
b) six
c) seven
d) four

Show answer

c) seven

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with n: naughty, nature, napkin, needle, natural, November

More words from this list

ribbon, speech, volcano, baa, caravan, dawn, floor, indigo

Next steps

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