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Spell Bee Word: Ball


What does ball mean?

Word: Ball

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Ball means a thing you throw, kick, catch or bounce in a game.

How do you spell ball?

Syllables: ball

Tricky part: Ball ends with two l's. Children often write only one.

Watch out for: bal, balle

Memory tip: Look at the two tall l's at the end. They stand like goal posts waiting for the ball.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. have a ball: To have a lot of fun. Example: "We had a ball at Anika's birthday party."

Ball in a sentence

Example 1: Throw the ball to me.

Example 2: Adam kicked the ball into the goal.

Example 3: My red ball rolled under the sofa.

Fun Fact

A cricket ball has a raised seam of stitches running around its middle.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) ball
b) frute

Show answer

b) frute. Fruit needs ui after the r; frute leaves them out.

Sound Check

Choose the word which does not rhyme with 'ball':

a) bell
b) wall

Show answer

a) bell. Wall and ball end the same way. Bell ends in ell, so it is the odd one.

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

_all

a) b
b) d

Show answer

a) b. The letters b and d are easy to mix up. Think of a bat and a ball: they start with the same letter.

Jumble Tumble

Rearrange the jumbled letters to form a hidden word:

lbal

a) ball
b) abll

Show answer

a) ball. Move the l from the front to the end.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which game is played with a ball?

a) snakes and ladders
b) tennis
c) chess
d) ludo

Show answer

b) tennis

2. A ball is ___ in shape.

a) pointed
b) flat
c) square
d) round

Show answer

d) round

Associated Words

More Senior KG Winter Spell Bee words starting with b: boy, by, born, blog, both, body

More words from this list

come, few, he, job, must, poor, so, this

Next steps

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