What does struggle mean?
Word: Struggle
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Struggle means to try very hard to do something difficult, or to twist and push to get free from something.
Synonyms: try hard
How do you spell struggle?
Syllables: strug - gle
Tricky part: Struggle ends in le, not el. Children often swap the last two letters and write struggel.
Watch out for: struggel, strugglle, struggal
Memory tip: Struggle ends the same way as candle and jungle: the l comes first, then the quiet e.
Struggle in a sentence
Example 1: The little bird struggled to get out of the net.
Example 2: Arjun struggled with long division until his sister helped him.
Example 3: We had to struggle through the crowd to reach the gate.
Fun Fact
A butterfly has to struggle out of its chrysalis by itself. Experts warn that cutting the case open to help can leave its wings too weak to fly.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) tryed
b) wurry
c) trubble
d) struggle
Show answer
d) struggle. Trouble has ou, tried changes y to ie, and worry is spelt with an o.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The tired kitten had to strugle up the slippery slope.
a) strugle
b) slope
c) tired
d) slippery
Show answer
a) strugle. The word needs a second g before the le.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
gelgrust
a) struggle
b) sturggle
c) srtuggle
d) tsruggle
Show answer
a) struggle. Sturggle, tsruggle and srtuggle end in ggle but muddle the first four letters.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: struggle
a) rest
b) relax
c) strive
d) quit
Show answer
c) strive. To strive is to try very hard, which is what you do when you struggle.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which sentence shows someone struggling?
a) Sita asked her brother where the jar was.
b) Sita opened the jar with one easy twist.
c) Sita put the jar back on the kitchen shelf.
d) Sita pulled hard but could not open the jar.
Show answer
d) Sita pulled hard but could not open the jar.
2. Ananya struggled with her heavy school bag. The bag was ____ for her.
a) nice to look at
b) easy to lift
c) too small to use
d) hard to carry
Show answer
d) hard to carry
