Basic Details
Word: Singing
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: The act of making music with your voice; also the present participle of sing.
Synonyms: chanting, crooning, vocal music
How to Spell Singing
Syllables: sing - ing
Tricky part: Sing does not change at all before ing, so there is no doubled g (singging). The ng sound comes twice and both times needs the g: singin is wrong.
Watch out for: singging, singin, singng
Memory tip: It is just sing twice with the s dropped the second time: sing + ing. Read it aloud and you hear the ng twice.
Idioms and Phrases
- singing from the same hymn sheet: agreeing with each other and saying the same thing in public. Example: "The captain and the coach were singing from the same hymn sheet about the new training plan."
Usage Examples
Example 1: Her singing at the school annual day made the audience go quiet.
Example 2: My grandmother puts the baby to sleep by singing old film songs.
Example 3: Singing in the bathroom sounds better because the tiles bounce the sound back.
Fun Fact
Lata Mangeshkar's singing career lasted more than seventy years, and she is said to have recorded songs in over thirty languages.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The whole school stood still during the ngisgin of the national anthem.
a) signing
b) sinning
c) singing
d) sighing
Show answer
c) singing. Sinning has three n's and sighing an h; signing uses the same seven letters, but an anthem is sung, not signed.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word singing as used in the sentence:
The singing of the birds woke us early at the forest rest house in Kanha.
a) flapping
b) chirping
c) nesting
d) silence
Show answer
b) chirping. When birds sing, we call it chirping; flapping and nesting are other things birds do.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
singging
a) s
b) g
c) n
d) i
Show answer
b) g. Sing ends in ng already, so nothing is doubled when ing is joined to it.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A group of people singing together, as in a church or school, is a ____.
a) crew
b) choir
c) fleet
d) herd
Show answer
b) choir
2. In which sentence is singing used as a noun?
a) They were singing loudly.
b) Her singing filled the hall.
c) She is singing right now.
d) We kept singing all night.
Show answer
b) Her singing filled the hall.
