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Spell Bee Word: Bald


What does bald mean?

Word: Bald

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Bald means having little or no hair on the head. A tyre with its grip worn away is also called bald.

Sounds like: bawled (cried or shouted loudly)

How do you spell bald?

Syllables: bald

Tricky part: It sounds just like bawled, the past of bawl, so think about the meaning before you write it. Bold is another word again.

Watch out for: balde, ballde

Memory tip: Bald is about the head, and both words end in d.

Bald in a sentence

Example 1: My grandfather is bald, so he wears a cap in the sun.

Example 2: The baby was born almost bald.

Example 3: The old cat has a bald patch on one ear.

Fun Fact

The bald eagle is not bald at all. Its head is covered with white feathers, because bald is thought to have once meant white.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) baald
b) bauld
c) bawld
d) bald

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d) bald. Bald has just four letters, with a single a and no u or w.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ldab

a) bald
b) badl
c) blad
d) dabl

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a) bald. Three choices start with b, but only one of them keeps the sounds of the word in order.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

ba_d

a) t
b) k
c) l
d) p

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c) l. Bald has an l before the d, as in ball.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandpa is bald, so he takes an umbrela out in the sun.

a) Grandpa
b) bald
c) umbrela
d) sun

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c) umbrela. Umbrella has a double l near the end.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The mechanic says the car's tyres are bald. What is the best thing for the owner to do?

a) add more air
b) wash the tyres
c) buy new tyres
d) paint the tyres

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c) buy new tyres

2. Which word means the opposite of bald?

a) round
b) smooth
c) hairy
d) shiny

Show answer

c) hairy

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ba: barn, bank, baseball, basin, backpack, bakery

More words from this list

Christmas, elastic, grasp, keen, object, require, squeak, awake

Next steps

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