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Spell Bee Word: Cable


What does cable mean?

Word: Cable

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cable means a thick, strong wire, or a set of wires inside a plastic cover, that joins a machine to power or to another machine.

How do you spell cable?

Syllables: ca - ble

Tricky part: The word ends in le, not el, even though the end sounds like bul when you say it.

Watch out for: cabel, kabel

Memory tip: Cable ends with the same two letters as purple, uncle and circle.

Cable in a sentence

Example 1: The cable from the computer to the printer is too short.

Example 2: Workers laid a new cable under the road for the internet.

Example 3: Please roll up the charger cable before you pack it.

Fun Fact

Huge cables lie on the sea floor and carry most of the internet traffic between countries.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) cabble
b) battery
c) socket
d) signal

Show answer

a) cabble. Only one b is needed in the middle of this word.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

caible

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

Show answer

c) i. The long a sound at the start is written with an a alone.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lbaec

a) acble
b) cable
c) cbale
d) bacle

Show answer

b) cable. Put the c first and let le close the word.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Dad plugged the long cable into the back of the televison.

a) televison
b) cable
c) back
d) plugged

Show answer

a) televison. The last part of television is spelt exactly like the word vision.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The TV shows no picture because its cable has come loose. What should Dad do?

a) turn on the fan
b) open a window
c) dust the screen
d) plug it back in

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d) plug it back in

2. Kiran's new speaker came with a cable in the box. What will he most likely do with it?

a) wrap the speaker as a gift
b) join the speaker to his laptop
c) carry the speaker to school
d) polish the speaker

Show answer

b) join the speaker to his laptop

Associated Words

Words that end in -ble: responsible, agreeable, vegetable, probable, countable, impossible

More words from this list

countryside, excuse, harbour, librarian, parakeet, sailing, theory, almost

Next steps

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