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How do you spell father?
father
F-A-T-H-E-R
In your language
Русский
папа
Español
papá
العربية
أب
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This is my father.
I love my father.
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Also in:Father's Day
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- I spySpread the picture cards around the room and say “I spy with my little eye something beginning with F!” The first child to point at the father card and name it spies next.
- Kim's gameLay out five picture cards, the father card among them. Children close their eyes, you take one away and ask “What's missing?” If it's this one, they call out “father!”
- Swat itStick the cards on the board and give two children a flyswatter each. Say “father”: the first to swat the right picture wins a point.
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Questions and answers
- How do you spell father?
- F-A-T-H-E-R. Father has 6 letters and starts with F.
- What is father in Russian, Spanish and Arabic?
- In Russian: папа. In Spanish: papá. In Arabic: أب.
- What is the plural of father?
- Fathers: one father, two fathers.
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Family Vocabulary Presentation (Free PPT)
Free family vocabulary presentation for ESL kids: 16 picture slides with audio, a quick check and a review grid. Present online or get PPT.