What does surfing mean?
Word: Surfing
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Surfing means the sport of riding on the waves of the sea while standing or lying on a long narrow board.
How do you spell surfing?
Syllables: surf - ing
Tricky part: The vowel sound after the s is the one you hear in her and bird, but here it is spelt ur. Writing er or ir is the most common slip.
Watch out for: serfing, sirfing
Memory tip: Think of the sun above the waves: the u of sun sits right after the s in this word too.
Surfing in a sentence
Example 1: Rohan tried surfing for the first time at a beach camp in Goa.
Example 2: The waves were too small for surfing, so we built sandcastles instead.
Example 3: My aunt watches surfing contests from Australia on her phone.
Fun Fact
Surfing grew up hundreds of years ago in Hawaii and other Pacific islands, and it was part of the Olympic Games for the first time at the Tokyo Games, held in 2021.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rifusgn
a) surfing
b) stuffing
c) surveying
d) surfacing
Show answer
a) surfing. Stuffing has no r, while surfacing and surveying need more letters than the seven you are given.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) sailling
b) canoing
c) surfing
d) swiming
Show answer
c) surfing. Swimming doubles its m, sailing has one l, and canoeing keeps the e of canoe.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
surffing
a) n
b) s
c) f
d) r
Show answer
c) f. One f is enough here; drop the second and the sport's name is spelt right.
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
surf____
a) ang
b) ing
c) eng
d) ung
Show answer
b) ing. The ending ing turns surf into the name of the activity, as sail becomes sailing.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which place would suit surfing best?
a) a calm village pond at dawn
b) a hilltop picnic spot in winter
c) a beach with big rolling waves
d) an indoor sports hall at school
Show answer
c) a beach with big rolling waves
2. A person who goes surfing has to be good at ____.
a) singing high notes
b) keeping their balance
c) drawing neat maps
d) solving long sums
Show answer
b) keeping their balance
