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Spell Bee Word: Shed


What does shed mean?

Word: Shed

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Shed means a small, simple building, often made of wood or metal, for keeping tools or animals in, such as a cow shed.

How do you spell shed?

Syllables: shed

Tricky part: Shed is spelt with a plain e, even though head and bread use ea for the very same sound.

Watch out for: shead, shedde

Memory tip: The short e in shed is the e of egg, and no a joins it.

Shed in a sentence

Example 1: The cows rest in the shed after grazing all day.

Example 2: Grandpa keeps his garden tools in a little wooden shed.

Example 3: Our bicycles are parked in the shed behind the house.

Fun Fact

In many British gardens, a small wooden shed at the end of the garden holds the lawnmower, pots and tools.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

shedd

a) e
b) h
c) s
d) d

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d) d. Shed needs only one d at the end, like bed.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) shed
b) stable
c) kennal
d) burrow

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c) kennal. A dog's kennel ends in el.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

hdse

a) shde
b) sehd
c) hsed
d) shed

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d) shed. Two letters at the start make one sound, the sh you hear in ship.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would you most likely keep in a shed?

a) a cake and a candle
b) a sofa and a lamp
c) a spade and a rake
d) a bed and a pillow

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c) a spade and a rake

2. A cow shed keeps cows...

a) under the water
b) dry and safe from rain
c) inside a car
d) high up in the trees

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b) dry and safe from rain

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with sh: short, shelter, shoulder, shiver, shape

More words from this list

there, yard, broom, curious, fridge, honeybee, manager, planet

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