Spell Bee Word: Pint

What does pint mean?

Word: Pint

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Pint means a measure for liquids. In Britain it is a little more than half a litre.

How do you spell pint?

Syllables: pint

Tricky part: It looks as if it should rhyme with mint, but it has the long i of nine. That long sound tempts children to write pynt or pinte.

Watch out for: pynt, pinte

Memory tip: Say the word I to yourself. That one long sound is all the vowel this word needs.

Pint in a sentence

Example 1: The soup recipe asks for a pint of water.

Example 2: In England, my aunt buys milk by the pint.

Example 3: One pint of juice filled my small bottle.

Fun Fact

A British pint is about 568 millilitres. An American pint is smaller, at about 473 millilitres, so the same name can mean two amounts.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

pinnt

a) i
b) p
c) t
d) n

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) gallen
b) mesurement
c) kilogrem
d) pint

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We bought a pint of fresh milk from the dairy in the vilage.

a) vilage
b) dairy
c) pint
d) bought

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ntpi

a) pint
b) ipnt
c) pnit
d) pitn

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these holds closest to a pint?

a) a big mug of milk
b) one teaspoon of honey
c) a full bucket of water
d) one drop of lemon juice

2. What would you measure in pints?

a) orange juice
b) wooden planks
c) cotton cloth
d) iron nails