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Spell Bee Word: Penguin


What does penguin mean?

Word: Penguin

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Penguin means a black and white sea bird that cannot fly. It swims very well and lives mostly in cold seas in the southern half of the world.

How do you spell penguin?

Syllables: pen - guin

Tricky part: The gu makes a gw sound, so children write pengwin. Others forget the u and write pengin.

Watch out for: pengwin, pengin

Memory tip: Picture two penguins standing side by side, holding flippers: that is the g and the u, always together.

Penguin in a sentence

Example 1: We saw penguins diving into icy water on TV.

Example 2: A penguin walks with tiny, wobbly steps.

Example 3: My little brother sleeps with a soft toy penguin.

Fun Fact

Emperor penguin fathers keep the egg warm on their feet for about two months while the mothers go to sea to feed.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) vulture
b) peacock
c) pinguin
d) sparrow

Show answer

c) pinguin. The first part of penguin is the word pen, so it needs an e, not an i.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nugpien

a) penguin
b) epnguin
c) pneguin
d) nepguin

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a) penguin. The g and the u stay side by side in the middle of the word.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

pengu_n

a) o
b) e
c) i
d) a

Show answer

c) i. The last part sounds like in, and it is spelt that way too.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The penguin slid across the snow on its tumy.

a) tumy
b) slid
c) snow
d) penguin

Show answer

a) tumy. Tummy has a double m.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a penguin mostly eat?

a) fish
b) seeds
c) grass
d) fruit

Show answer

a) fish

2. Name another bird that, like the penguin, cannot fly.

a) a crow
b) an ostrich
c) a parrot
d) a pigeon

Show answer

b) an ostrich

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with pe: peach, peak, peanut

More words from this list

second, sunset, wonder, blueberry, correction, feast, harmless, pastry

Next steps

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