Spell Bee Word: Sardine

What does sardine mean?

Word: Sardine

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Sardine means a small sea fish that is often sold packed in tins.

How do you spell sardine?

Syllables: sar - dine

Tricky part: The long ee sound near the end is spelt with an i, so writing what you hear goes wrong here.

Watch out for: sardeen, sardene

Memory tip: Packed tight in its tin, this fish has room only for one thin i near the end, never for a fat ee.

Idioms and Phrases

1. packed like sardines: pressed tightly together in a small space. Example: "We were packed like sardines in the school bus on the last day of term."

Sardine in a sentence

Example 1: We ate sardine curry with rice at a small hotel in Kerala.

Example 2: The cat sniffed the empty sardine tin and looked at me hopefully.

Example 3: A sardine is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

Fun Fact

Along the Kerala coast the oil sardine, known there as mathi or chaala, is one of the most popular fish at the market.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

s_r_ine

a) e, d
b) u, d
c) a, t
d) a, d

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My sister drew a silver sardinne for her chart on sea creatures.

a) chart
b) sardinne
c) creatures
d) sister

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) salmon
b) mackeral
c) sardine
d) lobster

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a shoal of sardines?

a) a row of tins on a shelf
b) a boat tied up at the quay
c) a net with a few holes in it
d) a big group swimming together

2. A sardine is about the size of ____.

a) a ballpoint pen
b) a school bus
c) a grain of rice
d) a cricket bat