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Chief in Sentences

Return to chief after a break. Try spelling it before looking, then explore two meanings and its plural.

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Learn the skill

Before reading the model, ask a helper to say chief and hide all printed copies. Write it from memory and compare c-h-i-e-f. Keep ie in that order. In a sentence, chief can name a leader or describe the main thing. For the plural chiefs, keep f and add s.

Worked example

Our chief goal is to help. Here chief describes the main goal. Two fire chiefs met. Chiefs names more than one leader.

The fire chief checked the map uses chief for a leader. Our chief goal is to help uses chief to mean main.
Use the whole sentence to explain what chief means.

A fresh writing try

Write the word from memory with the page covered. Then uncover it and check every letter. Write a new sentence about a fictional leader or a main goal. Explain your meaning to a helper. These written attempts are separate from the checked choices below.

Question 1 Our chief goal is to finish the mural. What does chief mean here?
Question 2 Choose the correct plural: Two fire ___ planned the training.
Question 3 A draft says: Our cheif reason is safety. Which word repairs the spelling without changing the meaning?
Question 4 Which sentence uses chief to name a person rather than describe a goal?
Question 5 Which statement about the spelling we practised is accurate?