Spell Bee Word: Battery

What does battery mean?

Word: Battery

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Battery means a small object that stores power and makes things like torches, toys and remotes work.

How do you spell battery?

Syllables: bat - ter - y

Tricky part: Children forget that the t is doubled and write batery.

Watch out for: batery, battry

Memory tip: Two t's stand side by side in the middle, like two batteries lined up in a torch.

Battery in a sentence

Example 1: The TV remote needs a new battery.

Example 2: My toy car stopped, so Papa changed the battery.

Example 3: Papa's phone battery is almost empty.

Fun Fact

Alessandro Volta built the first battery in 1800, and the word volt is named after him.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) batterry
b) batteri
c) battery
d) batterie

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c) battery. Battery ends in a y, with no extra letters before it.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rettyab

a) bttaery
b) battrey
c) baettry
d) battery

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d) battery. Spot the two t's and keep them together in the middle.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

b_ttery

a) o
b) e
c) a
d) i

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c) a. The word starts with bat, like a cricket bat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a battery has no power left, we say it is ____.

a) full
b) fast
c) flat
d) fresh

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c) flat

2. What in your home usually runs on a battery?

a) a wall clock
b) a ceiling fan
c) a mixer
d) a fridge

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a) a wall clock

Associated Words

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