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Spell Bee Word: Weather

Weather (noun): what it is like outside at a certain time, such as sunny, rainy, windy or cloudy.

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What does weather mean?

Word: Weather

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Weather means what it is like outside at a certain time, such as sunny, rainy, windy or cloudy.

Sounds like: whether (a word used when there is a choice, as in 'tell me whether you are coming')

How do you spell weather?

Syllables: weath - er

Tricky part: The ea in weather makes a short e sound, as in head and bread, so the a is easy to leave out. Weather also sounds just like whether, the word we use for a choice.

Watch out for: waether, wather

Memory tip: Weather has the ea of head: in rainy weather, cover your head.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. under the weather: feeling a little ill Example: "Chloe stayed home from school because she was under the weather."

Weather in a sentence

Example 1: The weather in the mountains was cold and misty.

Example 2: Papa checks the weather on his phone before every trip.

Example 3: Hot weather makes my ice cream melt very fast.

Fun Fact

In Old English the word was spelt weder. About 500 years ago the spelling changed to weather, the same change that turned fader into father.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) weather
b) weathre
c) weathur
d) weathir

Show answer

a) weather. Say weath-er: the last part is a plain er, never ur, re or ir.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

weatther

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

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d) t. Only one t belongs in weather; take the extra one away and the word is right.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

weat_er

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

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b) h. Without the h, the t cannot make the soft th sound of weather.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sentence is about the weather?

a) The class is quiet and calm.
b) It is grey and windy today.
c) The bus is late and full.
d) The shop is closed and dark.

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b) It is grey and windy today.

2. Which word best describes the weather in a desert at noon?

a) hot
b) snowy
c) foggy
d) frosty

Show answer

a) hot

Associated Words

Words that end in -ther: grandfather, another, grandmother, panther, brother, bother

More words from this list

barn, classmate, enough, greeting, lamb, omelette, robin, stamp

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