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Spell Bee Word: Surf


What does surf mean?

Word: Surf

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Surf means to ride on breaking waves while standing or lying on a board. We also say we surf the internet when we move from one website to another.

Sounds like: serf (a farm worker in olden times who was not free to leave the land)

How do you spell surf?

Syllables: surf

Tricky part: The er sound is spelt ur. Be careful not to write serf, which is a different word with the same sound.

Watch out for: sirf, sorf

Memory tip: Surf has a u, like the up-and-under roll of a wave. The serf of olden times is spelt with an e.

Surf in a sentence

Example 1: My uncle learnt to surf on the beaches of Cornwall.

Example 2: Do not surf the internet late into the night.

Example 3: The white surf rolled up the sand and over our feet.

Fun Fact

A librarian, Jean Armour Polly, helped make the phrase surfing the internet popular when she used it as the title of an article in 1992.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) lifeguard
b) snorkel
c) seashore
d) surph

Show answer

d) surph. Surf uses a plain f at the end, not ph.

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

surf

a) ar
b) or
c) er
d) ur

Show answer

c) er. Er names the person who does the action, so someone who rides the waves is a surfer.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

surf

a) print
b) type
c) browse
d) delete

Show answer

c) browse. To surf the internet is to browse from one page to the next.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which place is best for surfing?

a) a beach with big waves
b) a slow, shallow stream
c) a calm lake in the hills
d) an indoor swimming pool

Show answer

a) a beach with big waves

2. Which sentence uses surf to mean the foam of waves?

a) The surf hissed on the rocks.
b) They surf in Goa.
c) Let us surf the web.
d) I surf every morning.

Show answer

a) The surf hissed on the rocks.

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with su: surgeon, survive, subtitle, succeed, subtotal, suitable

More words from this list

wheelchair, baggage, creativity, electrician, guilt, lodge, performance, resist

Next steps

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