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Spell Bee Word: Bowl


What does bowl mean?

Word: Bowl

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Bowl means a deep, round container for food like soup, dal, rice or cereal.

How do you spell bowl?

Syllables: bowl

Tricky part: The o-w here says oh, as in snow. Children often write bol or boal because they spell the sound, not the word.

Watch out for: boal, boel

Memory tip: Picture a bowl piled high with snow. Bowl and snow both use o-w for the oh sound.

Bowl in a sentence

Example 1: Dadi gave me a bowl of warm kheer.

Example 2: The puppy drinks water from a blue bowl.

Example 3: Please put the bowl on the table carefully.

Fun Fact

Bowl comes from the Old English word bolla, which meant a round pot or cup.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

bowl

a) dish
b) jug
c) glass
d) spoon

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a) dish. A bowl is one kind of dish: both hold food at the table.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

bow_

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

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d) l. The last sound you hear in bowl is l.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) kettle
b) basket
c) bowle
d) saucer

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c) bowle. Bowle has an extra e on the end; the dish needs no e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. You need a spoon and a bowl to eat ____.

a) a samosa
b) porridge
c) a banana
d) a biscuit

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b) porridge

2. In cricket, to bowl means to ____.

a) run between the wickets
b) hit the ball with the bat
c) catch the ball in the air
d) throw the ball to the batter

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d) throw the ball to the batter

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with b: brother, bamboo, bike, beard, brand, buzz

More words from this list

confirm, false, guess, mare, policeman, sheep, Thursday, afraid

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