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Spell Bee Word: String


What does string mean?

Word: String

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: String means thin cord used for tying or hanging things.

How do you spell string?

Syllables: string

Tricky part: Three consonants, s, t and r, come together at the start. Children often drop the t and write sring.

Watch out for: sring, shtring

Memory tip: Count the consonants before the vowel: three of them, s-t-r, pressed together like knots on a piece of string.

String in a sentence

Example 1: Mum tied the kite to a long piece of string.

Example 2: Arya threaded beads onto a string to make a necklace.

Example 3: Can you pass me some string to hang this picture?

Fun Fact

Cat's cradle is a game in which players loop a single piece of string around their fingers to make patterns.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tginrs

a) strngi
b) string
c) strign
d) strgin

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b) string. Only one of these orders gives a real word for thin cord.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

stri_g

a) l
b) n
c) m
d) h

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b) n. The ending sounds like the end of sing.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

striing

a) n
b) i
c) r
d) g

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b) i. One i is enough between the r and the n.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) ribbon
b) string
c) thred
d) button

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c) thred. Thread has an ea in the middle, like bread.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these would you most likely tie up with string?

a) a glass of milk
b) a bowl of rice
c) a parcel
d) a bar of soap

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c) a parcel

2. A guitar has strings. What do you do to them to make music?

a) pluck them
b) bend them
c) fold them
d) wash them

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a) pluck them

Associated Words

Words that end in -ring: bring, earring, herring

More words from this list

wise, bench, compare, eyelash, hardware, lesson, park, scarf

Next steps

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