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Spell Bee Word: Stiff


What does stiff mean?

Word: Stiff

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Stiff means hard and not easy to bend or move.

Antonyms: floppy

How do you spell stiff?

Syllables: stiff

Tricky part: The word ends in a double f. Children often write stif with only one.

Watch out for: stif, stiph

Memory tip: Picture two stiff sticks standing straight up side by side. They are the two f's at the end.

Stiff in a sentence

Example 1: The new book has a stiff cover.

Example 2: The paintbrush went stiff after I forgot to wash it.

Example 3: Whisk the cream until it is thick and stiff.

Fun Fact

Cooks say egg whites are beaten to stiff peaks when the foam stands up on its own without flopping over.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

stiff

a) firm
b) flexible
c) solid
d) rigid

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b) flexible. Something flexible bends easily, which is the opposite of stiff.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) styff
b) steiff
c) stieff
d) stiff

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d) stiff. Just one vowel, an i, sits after the st.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My new scool shoes still feel stiff.

a) stiff
b) scool
c) shoes
d) new

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b) scool. School keeps a silent h after the c.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is usually stiff?

a) a silk scarf
b) a ball of wool
c) a wet noodle
d) a sheet of cardboard

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d) a sheet of cardboard

2. Mum added water to the stiff dough. What was wrong with the dough?

a) too hard to roll
b) too wet to hold
c) too hot to touch
d) too sweet to eat

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a) too hard to roll

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with st: stomach, string, stream, straighten, stone, strawberry

More words from this list

weed, baseball, classroom, escape, guest, laughter, overcoat, sacred

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