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Spell Bee Word: Weigh


What does weigh mean?

Word: Weigh

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Weigh means to measure how heavy something is.

Sounds like: way (a road or path, or how something is done)

How do you spell weigh?

Syllables: weigh

Tricky part: The ay sound here is spelt eigh, and the g and h stay silent. Wey and wiegh are the slips to watch for.

Watch out for: wiegh, waigh, wey

Memory tip: Picture eight kilos on the scales: eight and weigh make their ay sound with the same four letters.

Weigh in a sentence

Example 1: How much do you weigh?

Example 2: Mum asked me to weigh 200 grams of sugar for the pudding.

Example 3: Cricketers weigh their kit bags before a flight.

Fun Fact

An adult Asian elephant can weigh about 4,000 kilograms, which is as heavy as two or three cars.

Practise the CREST Way

Sound Check

Which of the following words has the 'ay' sound as in weigh?

a) neighbour
b) weird
c) ceiling
d) height

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a) neighbour. Height looks close, but only neighbour starts with the matching ay sound.

Jumble Tumble

Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:

gwhie 12345

a) 52413
b) 25431
c) 25143
d) 25413

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d) 25413. The word starts with w at 2 and e at 5, and only one option then goes on correctly.

Word Fusion

Add the correct option to the unfinished word to make a new word:

The shopkeeper checked the weigh______ of the rice on his scales.

a) t
b) ght
c) te
d) th

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a) t. One more letter turns the doing word into the naming word.

Spellacadabra

From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?

a) kilo
b) wheigh
c) heavy
d) light

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b) wheigh. This word has no h straight after the w. Take that one out and it is right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these do you need to weigh flour for a cake?

a) kitchen scales
b) a wall clock
c) a room thermometer
d) a long ruler

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a) kitchen scales

2. Which of these is likely to weigh the most?

a) a pencil
b) a feather
c) a sack of rice
d) a lemon

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c) a sack of rice

Associated Words

More Class 2 Winter Spell Bee words starting with w: washbasin, worth, walnut, would, wool, whiteboard

More words from this list

bell, creeper, fairy, heavenly, mermaid, petunia, sausage, sway

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