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Spell Bee Word: Beetle


Basic Details

Word: Beetle

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: An insect with a hard, shiny shell over its back. The shell is really a pair of hard wings that cover the soft wings underneath.

Sounds like: betel (the leaf used to make paan)

How to Spell Beetle

Syllables: bee - tle

Tricky part: The first part is bee with a double e. The end is tle, not tel, the same ending as in little and bottle.

Watch out for: beetel, betle, beatel

Memory tip: A beetle flies and buzzes a little like a bee, so start with bee and finish with the tle of little.

Usage Examples

Example 1: A green beetle landed on my notebook during the science class.

Example 2: The ladybird is a small red beetle with black spots.

Example 3: We watched a dung beetle roll a ball across the path.

Fun Fact

Scientists have named about 400,000 kinds of beetle, more than any other group of animals.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) beetle
b) cockroch
c) mosqito
d) butterflie

Show answer

a) beetle. Start with the bee you already know, then close with tle.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

eltbee

a) betele
b) beetel
c) beelte
d) beetle

Show answer

d) beetle. Write bee, then put t before l and e.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

beettle

a) b
b) e
c) l
d) t

Show answer

d) t. Bee, then t-l-e: there is no room for a second t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a beetle?

a) a frog
b) a spider
c) a ladybird
d) a sparrow

Show answer

c) a ladybird

2. What covers a beetle's back?

a) loose scales
b) thick fur
c) a hard shell
d) soft feathers

Show answer

c) a hard shell

Associated Words

hurricanefootballneglectattractclipboard
kneadanecdotepeahendecisiongigantic

Next steps

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