What does sunshine mean?
Word: Sunshine
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Sunshine means the light and warmth that reach us from the sun.
Synonyms: sunlight
How do you spell sunshine?
Syllables: sun - shine
Tricky part: Only one n sits in the middle where the two small words meet, and the word ends with a silent e.
Watch out for: sunnshine, sunshin, sonshine
Memory tip: Only one n stands where the two beats meet, just as there is only one sun in the sky.
Idioms and Phrases
- a ray of sunshine: Someone or something that makes people feel happy. Example: "My baby sister is a ray of sunshine in our home."
Sunshine in a sentence
Example 1: We played cricket in the warm morning sunshine.
Example 2: Grandma dries mango pickle in the sunshine on the terrace.
Example 3: Plants need sunshine and water to grow.
Fun Fact
Sunshine on your skin helps your body make vitamin D, which keeps your bones and teeth strong.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) sunshene
b) sunshine
c) sunshyne
d) sunsheine
Show answer
b) sunshine. The vowel in the second beat is a plain i, with the silent e after the n.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
sunshine
a) brightness
b) warmth
c) daylight
d) darkness
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d) darkness. Sunshine is light from the sun; darkness is when there is no light at all.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
hiunesns
a) sunhsine
b) sunshine
c) sunsihne
d) snushine
Show answer
b) sunshine. Build the two small words first, then join them with no gap.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The kittens slept in the warm sunsine near the window.
a) sunsine
b) kittens
c) warm
d) window
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a) sunsine. The sh sound needs an h after the s.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. At which time of day is the sunshine usually strongest?
a) Around noon
b) Just after sunset
c) Early morning
d) Late evening
Show answer
a) Around noon
2. Sunshine is made of two small words. Which of these is also made of two small words?
a) garden
b) table
c) rainbow
d) river
Show answer
c) rainbow
