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Spell Bee Word: Boat


What does boat mean?

Word: Boat

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Boat means a small vessel that floats and carries people or things across water.

How do you spell boat?

Syllables: boat

Tricky part: The long o sound is spelt oa, with two vowels side by side. Children often write ow instead.

Watch out for: bowt, bote

Memory tip: A boat needs both o and a to float: drop either one and it sinks.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. in the same boat: In the same difficult situation as someone else. Example: "We had all forgotten our homework, so we were in the same boat."
  2. rock the boat: To cause trouble in a calm situation. Example: "Everyone was happy with the plan, so Arjun did not rock the boat."

Boat in a sentence

Example 1: We went on a boat ride on Dal Lake.

Example 2: The fisherman pushed his boat into the sea.

Example 3: I made a paper boat and floated it in a puddle.

Fun Fact

The snake boats of Kerala, called chundan vallam, are so long that each one can carry around a hundred rowers.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) sailor
b) river
c) boate
d) water

Show answer

c) boate. Boat stops at the t; no e comes after it.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Dada rowed the little boatt to the shore.

a) boatt
b) rowed
c) shore
d) little

Show answer

a) boatt. Boat finishes with a single t.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

log, raft, ____, ship

a) bus
b) train
c) kite
d) boat

Show answer

d) boat. People first floated on logs, then tied logs into rafts, then built boats and, later, big ships.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do you pull through the water to row a boat?

a) a sail
b) an oar
c) an anchor
d) a rope

Show answer

b) an oar

2. Three of these are boats. Which one is not?

a) a ferry
b) a canoe
c) a truck
d) a raft

Show answer

c) a truck

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with bo: bottom, bored, bowl

More words from this list

coffee, explain, green, lunch, plot, shake, thirteen, actually

Next steps

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