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Spell Bee Word: Tiger


What does tiger mean?

Word: Tiger

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Tiger means a big wild cat with orange fur and black stripes. Tigers live in forests and hunt other animals.

How do you spell tiger?

Syllables: ti - ger

Tricky part: The second beat is spelt er, even though it sounds like a soft uh. Children who write by sound often end it with ar or ur instead.

Watch out for: tigar, tigr, tigur

Memory tip: A tiger growls grrr, and its name ends in that same growl: er.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. paper tiger: Someone or something that looks strong but is really weak. Example: "The big dog barked a lot, but it was a paper tiger and ran away from the cat."

Tiger in a sentence

Example 1: We saw a tiger resting in the grass at Ranthambore.

Example 2: Tara drew a tiger with thick black stripes.

Example 3: The baby tiger played with its mother's tail.

Fun Fact

The tiger is the national animal of India.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) monkey
b) parrot
c) rabbit
d) tieger

Show answer

d) tieger. Tiger has no e after its i; monkey, parrot and rabbit are all spelt right.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

egrit

a) tiger
b) tirge
c) tgier
d) itger

Show answer

a) tiger. These five letters make the name of the big striped cat.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

ti_er

a) p
b) j
c) g
d) v

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c) g. Only g fills the gap to give the name of the striped cat.

Word Connection

Select the feminine form of the word:

tiger

a) tigrass
b) tigress
c) lioness
d) tigeress

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b) tigress. A female tiger is a tigress; lioness is the word for a female lion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A baby tiger is called a ____.

a) cub
b) foal
c) kid
d) calf

Show answer

a) cub

2. The tiger belongs to the cat family. Which other animal does too?

a) a deer
b) a lion
c) a wolf
d) a bear

Show answer

b) a lion

Associated Words

Words that end in -ger: anger, hanger, badger, burger, manager, eager

More words from this list

air, bottom, cone, falcon, guava, maple, poet, sharp

Next steps

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