What does shimmered mean?
Word: Shimmered
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Shimmered means shone with a soft light that seemed to waver and move a little, like moonlight on water.
Synonyms: glimmered, twinkled
How do you spell shimmered?
Syllables: shim - mered
Tricky part: The m is doubled because the i before it is short. Students write shimered with a single m.
Watch out for: shimered, shymmered
Memory tip: Shimmer has a double m, like the double shine of a light and its reflection in water.
Shimmered in a sentence
Example 1: The silk saree shimmered under the wedding lights.
Example 2: Heat shimmered above the road on that hot May afternoon.
Example 3: Raindrops shimmered on the spider's web in the morning sun.
Fun Fact
The shimmer you see above a hot road happens because light bends as it passes through layers of air that are at different temperatures.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
The silver anklets on the dancer's feet shimmerred under the stage lights as she spun round.
a) shimmerred and anklets
b) only shimmerred
c) only anklets
d) stage and spun
Show answer
b) only shimmerred. When -ed is added here, the r stays single.
Word Puzzle
Match the words with the correct options:
1. shimmered 2. trembled 3. faded a. gleamed b. dimmed c. shook
a) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
b) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
c) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
d) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
Show answer
b) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b. Shimmered is close to gleamed, trembled to shook and faded to dimmed.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the given sentence?
Tiny drops of dew shimmered on the grass as we waited for the school bus erly one winter morning.
a) 3
b) 0
c) 2
d) 1
Show answer
d) 1. Early is the only slip; it needs an a after its first e.
Spellacadabra
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
shimm_ _ed
a) ur
b) or
c) ar
d) er
Show answer
d) er. Shimmer ends in -er, like glimmer and flicker, before the -ed is added.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. On a calm night, which of these most likely shimmered?
a) a muddy field
b) a pile of bricks
c) a wooden table
d) a lake under the moon
Show answer
d) a lake under the moon
2. A sequinned dress shimmered on stage. How did it look?
a) torn and dirty at the hem
b) dull and dark all over
c) softly sparkling as it moved
d) plain grey and creased
Show answer
c) softly sparkling as it moved
