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Spell Bee Word: Thin


What does thin mean?

Word: Thin

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Thin means not wide or deep from one side to the other: a thin book has only a few pages.

How do you spell thin?

Syllables: thin

Tricky part: The first sound is th, made with the tongue between the teeth. If the h is left out, it becomes tin, a different word.

Watch out for: tihn, htin

Memory tip: Put your tongue between your teeth and blow gently: that soft sound at the start needs t and h together.

Thin in a sentence

Example 1: This book is small enough to fit in my pocket because it is so thin.

Example 2: Nani rolled the dough into a thin chapati.

Example 3: A thin line of ants marched across the floor.

Fun Fact

Gold can be beaten into sheets so thin that light can pass through them.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

thin

a) slim
b) narrow
c) thick
d) fine

Show answer

c) thick. A thick book has many pages, the opposite of a thin one.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) theen
b) thyn
c) thin
d) thien

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c) thin. A single short vowel, i, comes after the first two letters.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Asha cut the cucumber into thinn slices.

a) thinn
b) cut
c) cucumber
d) slices

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a) thinn. One n is all this short word needs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is the thinnest?

a) a loaf of bread
b) a brick
c) a pillow
d) a sheet of paper

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d) a sheet of paper

2. Dad spread a thin layer of butter on the toast. How much butter did he use?

a) none at all
b) a full tub
c) a whole lot
d) only a little

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d) only a little

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with t: timetable, track, truth, tunnel, travel, tulip

More words from this list

zoo, buffalo, cushion, friend, hornbill, many, playful, sharpener

Next steps

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