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Spell Bee Word: Sixteen


What does sixteen mean?

Word: Sixteen

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Sixteen means the number 16.

How do you spell sixteen?

Syllables: six - teen

Tricky part: The end sounds like teen and is spelt with a double e, never ea or i.

Watch out for: sixtin, sixtean, sixten

Memory tip: Think of the ee in sixteen as two eyes looking at the number 16.

Sixteen in a sentence

Example 1: There are sixteen crayons in my box.

Example 2: Raj will be sixteen next year.

Example 3: Our class has sixteen girls.

Fun Fact

Sixteen is 4 times 4, so sixteen counters fit in a neat square of four rows of four.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

ten, twelve, fourteen, ____

a) fifteen
b) sixteen
c) thirteen
d) eighteen

Show answer

b) sixteen. These numbers jump by two, and fourteen plus two is sixteen.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) sicksteen
b) sixsteen
c) sixteen
d) siksteen

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c) sixteen. The ks sound in sixteen is a single x.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

netsixe

a) sixteen
b) sxiteen
c) isxteen
d) sitxeen

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a) sixteen. These seven letters make a number between ten and twenty.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

s_xteen

a) i
b) a
c) o
d) e

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a) i. The short vowel after the s is an i, as in sit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these numbers is less than sixteen?

a) nineteen
b) twelve
c) eighteen
d) twenty

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b) twelve

2. Sixteen is the same as ____.

a) six and six
b) ten and four
c) ten and six
d) ten and seven

Show answer

c) ten and six

Associated Words

Words that end in -een: seventeen, green, keen, canteen, queen

More words from this list

tool, amazed, bread, correct, father, happen, middle, potter

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