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Spell Bee Word: Athletics


What does athletics mean?

Word: Athletics

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Athletics means sports such as running, jumping and throwing, usually held on a running track and the field beside it.

How do you spell athletics?

Syllables: ath - let - ics

Tricky part: There is no vowel between th and l. Students often add one and write atheletics or athaletics.

Watch out for: atheletics, athaletics

Memory tip: Athletics has only three beats. If you hear a fourth between th and l, you have added a vowel that is not there.

Athletics in a sentence

Example 1: Our school's athletics meet is held every January.

Example 2: Priya trains for athletics every morning before school.

Example 3: The 400-metre race is one of the hardest events in athletics.

Fun Fact

Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the 100 metres in athletics at three Olympic Games in a row: 2008, 2012 and 2016.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) marathan
b) gymnestics
c) javlin
d) athletics

Show answer

d) athletics. Athletics has no vowel between th and l. The others should read gymnastics, marathon and javelin.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

athlettics

a) h
b) c
c) t
d) l

Show answer

c) t. The t after athle is a single one.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

chsitleta

a) athletics
b) athletes
c) aesthetics
d) arithmetic

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a) athletics. The c and i in the jumble cannot go into athletes, and there is no m for arithmetic or second s for aesthetics.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Meera won two gold medals in athletiks at the district sports day.

a) medals
b) athletiks
c) sports
d) district

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b) athletiks. The k sound at the end is spelt c, as in music and magic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which event is NOT part of athletics?

a) table tennis
b) relay race
c) shot put
d) high jump

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a) table tennis

2. Which of these people takes part in athletics?

a) a long jumper
b) a badminton player
c) a chess player
d) a swimmer

Show answer

a) a long jumper

Associated Words

Words that end in -tics: genetics, robotics, statistics, logistics

More words from this list

conscious, dune, goldsmith, label, outstanding, refugee, storage, verse

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