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Spell Bee Word: Sweatshirt

Sweatshirt (noun): a loose, thick cotton top with long sleeves, often worn for sport or play.


What does sweatshirt mean?

Word: Sweatshirt

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Sweatshirt means a loose, thick cotton top with long sleeves, often worn for sport or play.

How do you spell sweatshirt?

Syllables: sweat - shirt

Tricky part: Two words are joined with no gap. The short e sound in the first half is spelt ea, and the er sound in the second half is spelt ir.

Watch out for: sweatshert, swetshurt, sweetshurt

Memory tip: Bread and bird can help: sweatshirt has the ea of bread and the ir of bird.

Sweatshirt in a sentence

Example 1: Ben wore his grey sweatshirt to football practice.

Example 2: This sweatshirt has a big pocket in front.

Example 3: I pulled on my sweatshirt when it began to drizzle.

Fun Fact

Sweatshirts were first made in America in the 1920s for football players, who found their woollen jerseys itchy.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) sandals
b) raincoat
c) uniform
d) sweatsirt

Show answer

d) sweatsirt. The sh sound in the second half needs an h after the s.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

cotton, thread, cloth, ____

a) sweatshirt
b) field
c) sheep
d) needle

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a) sweatshirt. Cotton is spun into thread, thread is made into cloth, and cloth is sewn into a sweatshirt.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

sweattshirt

a) a
b) s
c) h
d) t

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d) t. The t is not doubled; sweattshirt has one too many.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

s_eatshirt

a) h
b) t
c) w
d) l

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c) w. The word starts with sw, just like swim.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do many sweatshirts have at the back of the neck that you can pull over your head?

a) a hood
b) a pocket
c) a zip
d) a collar

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a) a hood

2. A sweatshirt is most like which of these?

a) a waistcoat
b) a blazer
c) a jumper
d) a raincoat

Show answer

c) a jumper

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with s: snowfall, sunshine, subject, skyscraper, shed, sandstorm

More words from this list

workbook, bookmark, court, lobster, peak, seahorse, submarine, birthday

Next steps

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