Word: Shop
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Shop means a place where you go to buy things, such as a sweet shop or a toy shop.
Synonyms: store
Syllables: shop
Tricky part: Shop starts with sh. Children sometimes write sop or chop, which are different words.
Watch out for: schop, shhop
Memory tip: Put a finger to your lips and say shh: that hush sound starts shop.
Example 1: We bought a kite at a small shop.
Example 2: The shop at the corner sells fresh fruit.
Example 3: Papa took me to the toy shop on my birthday.
Long ago a shop could also be a place where things were made, not only sold. That older sense lives on in the word workshop.
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) shap
b) shop
a) shap. Shap has an a where shop has its o.
Choose the word which does not rhyme with 'shop':
a) mop
b) hope
b) hope. Hope has a silent e, so its o says its name; mop rhymes with shop.
Remove one letter to make a meaningful word:
shopp
a) p
b) o
a) p. Shop ends in one p, so the extra p has to go.
1. What can you buy at a sweet shop?
a) shoes
b) lollipops
c) pencils
d) books
b) lollipops
2. Mum wants to buy bread. Where should she go?
a) the post office
b) the bakery
c) the shoe shop
d) the toy shop
b) the bakery
Related words on the Spell Bee lists: store
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