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Spell Bee Word: Alligator


What does alligator mean?

Word: Alligator

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Alligator means a large reptile with a long body, a strong tail, thick scaly skin and a wide, rounded snout. It lives in rivers and swamps.

How do you spell alligator?

Syllables: al - li - ga - tor

Tricky part: The two l's near the start trip children up: they often write only one.

Watch out for: aligator, allegator

Memory tip: Think of the word all: an alligator shows all its teeth, and its name begins with those same three letters.

Alligator in a sentence

Example 1: We saw an alligator sleeping in the sun at the zoo.

Example 2: An alligator has a wide, U-shaped snout.

Example 3: The alligator slid into the water without a sound.

Fun Fact

There are two kinds of alligator: the American alligator and the much smaller Chinese alligator.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) alligator
b) alligatur
c) alligater
d) alligatar

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a) alligator. The last part is or, as at the end of doctor.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tagroalil

a) alligator
b) alligaotr
c) allgiator
d) allitagor

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a) alligator. Put the a of ant first, and the r last.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

alli_ator

a) j
b) d
c) k
d) g

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d) g. The third beat starts with g, as in gate.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

alligaator

a) o
b) t
c) a
d) g

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c) a. Alligator has two a's, not three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A baby alligator comes out of ____.

a) a seed
b) a cocoon
c) a pod
d) an egg

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d) an egg

2. Which of these animals looks most like an alligator?

a) a tortoise
b) a frog
c) a hippo
d) a crocodile

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d) a crocodile

Associated Words

Words that end in -tor: motor, tractor, calculator, inventor, monitor

More words from this list

brand, cook, hammer, meerkat, ship, tie, aim, bored

Next steps

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