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Spell Bee Word: Tennis


What does tennis mean?

Word: Tennis

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Tennis means a game in which two or four players hit a ball over a net with rackets.

How do you spell tennis?

Syllables: ten - nis

Tricky part: Tennis has a double n in the middle, and it is easy to write only one.

Watch out for: tenis, tenes

Memory tip: Two n's for the two players in a singles match.

Tennis in a sentence

Example 1: We play tennis in the evening.

Example 2: Didi bought a new tennis racket.

Example 3: The tennis ball bounced over the net.

Fun Fact

Wimbledon, played in London, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world. It began in 1877.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) tennise
b) tenniz
c) tennis
d) tenniss

Show answer

c) tennis. Tennis ends in is, with one s.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

tenniis

a) t
b) s
c) n
d) i

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d) i. Only one i comes after the double n.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

marble, golf ball, ____ ball, football

a) tennis
b) bead
c) pea
d) button

Show answer

a) tennis. Each ball is bigger than the last: a tennis ball beats a golf ball but is smaller than a football.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We watched a tennis match on telivision.

a) watched
b) match
c) tennis
d) telivision

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d) telivision. Television begins with tele, as in telephone.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these Indian sports stars played tennis?

a) Mithali Raj
b) P. V. Sindhu
c) Sania Mirza
d) Mary Kom

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c) Sania Mirza

2. Which game is like tennis but is played with a shuttlecock?

a) badminton
b) football
c) hockey
d) cricket

Show answer

a) badminton

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with t: Tuesday, trick, turkey, thirteen, thorn, teacup

More words from this list

action, blackberry, climate, elephant, good, listen, pine, seal

Next steps

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