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How do you spell penguin?

penguin

P-E-N-G-U-I-N

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In your language

Русский

пингвин

Español

pingüino

العربية

بطريق

Word facts

Letters
7 →
First letter
P →
Packs
Under the sea · Birds
Plural
penguins

Example sentences

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  • This is a penguin.

  • I can see a penguin.

Word forms

One and many

one penguin — two penguins

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Use it in class

  • I spySpread the picture cards around the room and say “I spy with my little eye something beginning with P!” The first child to point at the penguin card and name it spies next.
  • Move like itCall “penguin!” and everyone moves and sounds like it around the room until you say “Freeze!”
  • Swat itStick the cards on the board and give two children a flyswatter each. Say “penguin”: the first to swat the right picture wins a point.

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Questions and answers

How do you spell penguin?
P-E-N-G-U-I-N. Penguin has 7 letters and starts with P.
What is penguin in Russian, Spanish and Arabic?
In Russian: пингвин. In Spanish: pingüino. In Arabic: بطريق.
What is the plural of penguin?
Penguins: one penguin, two penguins.