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Spell Bee Word: Sheep


What does sheep mean?

Word: Sheep

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Sheep means a farm animal with a thick coat of curly wool.

How do you spell sheep?

Syllables: sheep

Tricky part: Two e's make the long sound in the middle. One sheep and ten sheep are spelt the same.

Watch out for: shiep, sheap, shep

Memory tip: Count sheep to fall asleep: sheep and sleep share the same double e.

Sheep in a sentence

Example 1: The shepherd took the sheep up the hill.

Example 2: One sheep, two sheep: the word does not change.

Example 3: My sweater is made of sheep's wool.

Fun Fact

A sheep's wool keeps growing all the time, so most farm sheep need a haircut, called shearing, at least once a year.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) donkey
b) monkey
c) rabbit
d) sheepe

Show answer

d) sheepe. Sheep stops at the p; no e comes after it.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

peesh

a) hseep
b) pshee
c) sheep
d) speeh

Show answer

c) sheep. These five letters name a woolly farm animal.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The farmer counted every sheeb in the field.

a) counted
b) sheeb
c) farmer
d) field

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b) sheeb. The last sound of sheep is a soft puff of air, p, not the buzzing b.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a baby sheep called?

a) a kid
b) a calf
c) a lamb
d) a foal

Show answer

c) a lamb

2. What does a sheep mostly eat?

a) grass
b) insects
c) seeds
d) fish

Show answer

a) grass

Associated Words

Words that end in -eep: keep, beep, creep

More words from this list

Thursday, afraid, boot, cold, fabric, ground, maize, pocket

Next steps

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