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Spell Bee Word: Scissors


What does scissors mean?

Word: Scissors

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Scissors means a tool with two sharp blades joined in the middle, used for cutting paper, cloth or hair.

How do you spell scissors?

Syllables: scis - sors

Tricky part: There is a silent c after the first s. Children who spell by sound write sissors.

Watch out for: sissors, sisors

Memory tip: Scissors cut, and cut begins with c: keep the c that hides after the first s.

Scissors in a sentence

Example 1: Use the scissors to cut out the star.

Example 2: Always pass the scissors handle first.

Example 3: The tailor's scissors are very sharp.

Fun Fact

Long ago, English spelt the word sisours, with no c. The sc came later, copied from a Latin word for a cutter.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) scizzors
b) scissars
c) scissors
d) scissers

Show answer

c) scissors. The end of scissors is ors, and every s sound is an s.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Meera cut the paper with her new scisors.

a) new
b) scisors
c) paper
d) Meera

Show answer

b) scisors. Scissors has a double s in the middle.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rsisocss

a) scissros
b) scisosrs
c) scissors
d) scsisors

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c) scissors. The silent c comes straight after the first s.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

sc_ssors

a) i
b) e
c) a
d) u

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a) i. The vowel after sc is a short i, as in sit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who uses scissors at work almost every day?

a) a postman
b) a driver
c) a pilot
d) a barber

Show answer

d) a barber

2. Which words go before scissors?

a) a drop of
b) a slice of
c) a cup of
d) a pair of

Show answer

d) a pair of

Associated Words

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More words from this list

tall, young, belt, chin, dress, giant, leaf, pasta

Next steps

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