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Spell Bee Word: Thick


What does thick mean?

Word: Thick

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Thick means wide from one side to the other, like a thick book or a thick slice of bread. Thick can also describe a liquid that does not flow easily, like honey.

How do you spell thick?

Syllables: thick

Tricky part: The k sound after the short i is spelt c and k together.

Watch out for: thik, thic

Memory tip: After a short vowel, the k sound wears a ck: thick, brick, stick, quick.

Thick in a sentence

Example 1: Wear a thick sweater; it is very cold in the hills.

Example 2: The dictionary is so thick that it is hard to carry.

Example 3: Mummy stirred the thick soup in the big pot.

Fun Fact

Thick is a very old English word. More than a thousand years ago, in Old English, it was spelt thicce.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

thick

a) wide
b) solid
c) thin
d) heavy

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c) thin. A thick book has many pages; a thin one has only a few.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) narrow
b) smoth
c) thick
d) heavy

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b) smoth. Smooth has two o's in the middle, as in moon.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

th_ck

a) u
b) a
c) e
d) i

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d) i. The short vowel is the i of sit.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandma wrapped a thicke shawl round her shoulders.

a) shoulders
b) wrapped
c) shawl
d) thicke

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d) thicke. There is no e after the k.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which object is usually thick?

a) a single hair
b) a mattress
c) a cotton thread
d) a sheet of paper

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b) a mattress

2. Pour these slowly. Which one is the thickest?

a) lemon juice
b) tomato ketchup
c) coconut water
d) water

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b) tomato ketchup

Associated Words

Words that end in -ick: brick, sick, click, candlestick, stick, homesick

More words from this list

yesterday, brush, current, fried, hope, manner, plank, shape

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