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Spell Bee Word: Ability


What does ability mean?

Word: Ability

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Ability means being able to do something. If you can ride a cycle, you have the ability to ride it.

Synonyms: talent

Antonyms: inability

How do you spell ability?

Syllables: a - bil - i - ty

Tricky part: Children often drop the i after the l and write abilty. Say all four beats, a-bil-i-ty: the third beat is just the letter i.

Watch out for: abilty, abiliti, abilaty

Memory tip: Ability ends just like city: the same three letters, ity.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. to the best of your ability: As well as you possibly can. Example: "Do your homework to the best of your ability."

Ability in a sentence

Example 1: Meera has the ability to draw birds very well.

Example 2: Our coach checks the ability of each player.

Example 3: Practice makes your ability grow.

Fun Fact

The word comes from an old Latin word, habilis, which meant handy or fit for a job.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) abelity
b) abillity
c) ability
d) ebility

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c) ability. Ability has a single l, and the first two vowels are a and i.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

ability

a) skill
b) laziness
c) fear
d) weakness

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a) skill. A skill is something you are able to do, so skill and ability mean nearly the same.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

bliaity

a) aiblity
b) biality
c) baility
d) ability

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d) ability. Clap a-bil-i-ty and put each beat down in turn.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

a_ility

a) d
b) p
c) b
d) v

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c) b. Ability comes from able, and it keeps the b of able.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dev has the ability to swim. What does this tell you about Dev?

a) He has a swimming pool.
b) He wants to swim.
c) He can swim.
d) He is scared of swimming.

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c) He can swim.

2. Which bird has the ability to fly?

a) an emu
b) an ostrich
c) a sparrow
d) a penguin

Show answer

c) a sparrow

Associated Words

Words that end in -ity: activity, university, gravity, electricity, sensitivity, city

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: talent

More words from this list

bicycle, circus, driver, glad, lemon, peacock, school, talk

Next steps

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