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Spell Bee Word: Sting


What does sting mean?

Word: Sting

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: When a bee, wasp or scorpion pricks your skin with a sharp part of its body and leaves a little poison, it stings you. Sting also means a sharp, burning pain.

Synonyms: prick

How do you spell sting?

Syllables: sting

Tricky part: The vowel is a short i. Children who hear it quickly write steng or steeng.

Watch out for: steng, steeng, stinge

Memory tip: A bee has wings and a sting: both words finish with ing.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. a sting in the tail: an unpleasant surprise at the end Example: "The story seemed happy, but it had a sting in the tail."

Sting in a sentence

Example 1: Meera's arm swelled up after a wasp sting.

Example 2: Soap in my eyes made them sting.

Example 3: Grandpa put ice on the bee sting to calm the pain.

Fun Fact

Nettle plants sting too: their leaves are covered in tiny hollow hairs that push a stinging liquid into your skin when you brush past.

Practise the CREST Way

Sound Check

Which of the following words does not rhyme with sting?

a) bring
b) swing
c) thing
d) think

Show answer

d) think. Think ends with a k sound, so it does not match sting.

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?

sting

a) tins
b) sign
c) stung
d) sing

Show answer

c) stung. There is no u in sting, so stung cannot be made.

Jumble Tumble

Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:

ginst 12345

a) 54231
b) 42531
c) 45231
d) 45321

Show answer

c) 45231. Begin at number 4, then 5: those two letters open the word.

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) honney
b) insect
c) buzzing
d) sting

Show answer

a) honney. Honey has just one n.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these can sting you?

a) a goldfish
b) a jellyfish
c) a sparrow
d) a butterfly

Show answer

b) a jellyfish

2. The cold wind made my cheeks sting. How did they feel?

a) calm and relaxed
b) fresh and clean
c) prickly and sore
d) soft and warm

Show answer

c) prickly and sore

Associated Words

Words that end in -ing: fling, landing, steering, crossing, drawstring, refreshing

More words from this list

twine, announcer, chisel, cylinder, fern, hint, moderate, rewind

Next steps

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