What does stretch mean?
Word: Stretch
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Stretch means to pull something so it becomes longer or wider, or to spread out your arms and legs as far as they go.
Synonyms: spread out
How do you spell stretch?
Syllables: stretch
Tricky part: The ch sound at the end is written tch. Many children leave out the t and write strech.
Watch out for: strech, stretsh, streth
Memory tip: After a short vowel, the ch sound usually takes a t in front: catch, fetch, match, stretch.
Idioms and Phrases
- stretch your legs: to go for a short walk after sitting for a long time Example: "The bus stopped at a dhaba so everyone could stretch their legs."
Stretch in a sentence
Example 1: The cat woke up and stretched its back.
Example 2: Our PT teacher asked us to stretch before the race.
Example 3: Do not stretch the rubber band too far or it will snap.
Fun Fact
Giraffes stretch their long necks and tongues to pull leaves from tall acacia trees. A giraffe's tongue can be about 45 to 50 centimetres long.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
streatch
a) a
b) e
c) s
d) t
Show answer
a) a. Stretch has a plain e in the middle, with no a after it.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tcehrst
a) stertch
b) srtetch
c) tsretch
d) stretch
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d) stretch. Srtetch, tsretch and stertch all end in tch, but the letters before it are out of order.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: stretch
a) extend
b) shrink
c) lengthen
d) pull
Show answer
b) shrink. To shrink is to become smaller, the opposite of stretching.
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
stretch
a) y
b) ey
c) ee
d) ie
Show answer
a) y. Stretchy, like bouncy, simply adds a y to the end.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. You can stretch one of these without breaking it. Which one?
a) a ball of dough
b) a dry biscuit
c) a wooden ruler
d) a glass bottle
Show answer
a) a ball of dough
2. The farmer's fields stretch all the way to the river. Here, stretch means the fields ____.
a) are pulled tight
b) become wet
c) reach that far
d) grow taller
Show answer
c) reach that far
