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Spell Bee Word: Puffin


What does puffin mean?

Word: Puffin

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Puffin means a black and white seabird with a large, brightly coloured beak, found on northern coasts.

How do you spell puffin?

Syllables: puf - fin

Tricky part: The middle has a double f, as in puff, and children often write just one.

Watch out for: pufin, puphin

Memory tip: Picture the bird puffing out its chest before it dives: puff, with its double f, is the start of puffin.

Puffin in a sentence

Example 1: We watched a puffin on a nature programme last night.

Example 2: The puffin waddled to the edge of the cliff and flew out to sea.

Example 3: Julia drew a puffin with a striped orange beak for her art class.

Fun Fact

A puffin's beak is brightest in the breeding season; the colourful outer plates are shed afterwards, so it looks duller in winter.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) pelican
b) puffen
c) seagull
d) penguin

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b) puffen. The last part of puffin is fin, like a fish's fin.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

fipunf

a) puffin
b) muffin
c) pumpkin
d) stuffing

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a) puffin. There is no m, k or g in the jumble, so only puffin fits.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

puffinn

a) i
b) n
c) f
d) u

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b) n. The bird's name ends in a single n, like the in of begin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do puffins usually make their nests?

a) on floating weeds
b) in burrows on cliff tops
c) in hollow trees
d) under city bridges

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b) in burrows on cliff tops

2. What does a puffin mostly eat?

a) insects
b) seeds
c) berries
d) small fish

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d) small fish

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with p: peppermint, pavement, paradox, politician, pride, prehistoric

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Next steps

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