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Spell Bee Word: Awful

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What does awful mean?

Word: Awful

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Awful means very bad or very unpleasant.

Synonyms: horrible

Antonyms: wonderful, lovely

How do you spell awful?

Syllables: aw - ful

Tricky part: The start is aw, as in saw and paw. Children who spell it by sound often write au or o there instead.

Watch out for: offul, awfle

Memory tip: Start with aw, the sound you make when something goes wrong.

Awful in a sentence

Example 1: The medicine had an awful taste.

Example 2: There was an awful traffic jam near the market.

Example 3: I felt awful when I broke Mummy's cup.

Next steps

Fun Fact

Long ago awful meant full of awe, or so grand that it filled you with wonder, before it came to mean very bad.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) awful
b) awfal
c) awfil
d) awfel

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a) awful. The vowel after the f is u.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

awful

a) pretty
b) friendly
c) terrible
d) tiny

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c) terrible. Terrible means very bad, the same as awful.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

flawu

a) awful
b) awlfu
c) awflu
d) awufl

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a) awful. Every choice starts with aw, so look at the last three letters and say them in order.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

awfull

a) u
b) f
c) w
d) l

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d) l. Awful ends with a single l.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would most children call awful?

a) a birthday cake
b) a school holiday
c) a bad toothache
d) a new storybook

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c) a bad toothache

2. Adam says, 'I feel awful today.' How does he feel?

a) quite excited
b) a bit sleepy
c) very happy
d) very unwell

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d) very unwell

Associated Words

Words that end in -ful: careful, playful, helpful, peaceful, faithful, fearful

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: wonderful, lovely

More words from this list

chew, early, grandmother, juice, nostril, reflect, spice, until

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