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Spell Bee Word: Shirt


What does shirt mean?

Word: Shirt

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Shirt means a piece of clothing for the top half of the body, often with a collar.

How do you spell shirt?

Syllables: shirt

Tricky part: The middle sound could be spelt er, ir or ur, and shirt takes ir.

Watch out for: shurt, shert, sheert

Memory tip: Shirt has ir, and so does the word bird. Picture a bird printed on your shirt.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. keep your shirt on: Stay calm and do not get angry. Example: "Keep your shirt on, I will give your ball back."

Shirt in a sentence

Example 1: Papa ironed his white shirt for the office.

Example 2: My school shirt has a pocket.

Example 3: This shirt has blue buttons.

Fun Fact

On most men's shirts the buttons are on the right side, while on many women's shirts they are on the left.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) sweater
b) trousers
c) jacket
d) sirt

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d) sirt. Shirt starts with the sh sound, so it needs an h after the s.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

trish

a) shirt
b) sihrt
c) hsirt
d) srhit

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a) shirt. These five letters make something with a collar and buttons that you wear on top.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

shir_

a) d
b) t
c) f
d) b

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b) t. Listen to the very last sound: it is a sharp t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of a shirt covers your arms?

a) the pocket
b) the sleeves
c) the buttons
d) the collar

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b) the sleeves

2. Mum irons a crumpled shirt. What does the iron do?

a) makes it smaller
b) sews on a button
c) takes out the creases
d) washes out the dirt

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c) takes out the creases

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with sh: sheep, shade, shake, shout

More words from this list

tiger, air, bottom, cone, falcon, guava, maple, poet

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

Step 1: Visit the registration page and complete the registration with your desired subject.

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Step 3: After login, go to dashboard and click on Book slot/Take Exam

Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

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