Spell Bee Word: Camel

What does camel mean?

Word: Camel

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Camel means a large desert animal with a long neck and one or two humps on its back. It can go a long time without water.

How do you spell camel?

Syllables: cam - el

Tricky part: Camel has only one m, though some children double it.

Watch out for: cammel, kamel

Memory tip: Camel has one m, the way a dromedary camel has one hump.

Idioms and Phrases

1. the straw that broke the camel's back: A small problem that comes after many others and finally makes things too much to bear. Example: "Missing the bus after a bad day was the straw that broke the camel's back."

Camel in a sentence

Example 1: We rode a camel along the sand dunes near Jaisalmer.

Example 2: The camel knelt down so the children could climb on.

Example 3: A camel's long eyelashes keep the sand out of its eyes.

Fun Fact

A camel can close its nostrils to keep out blowing sand.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) camel
b) camal
c) camul
d) camle

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

elmac

a) camel
b) cemal
c) cmael
d) caelm

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The children rode a comel at the fair.

a) comel
b) fair
c) rode
d) children

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

camell

a) m
b) e
c) l
d) c

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A camel's hump stores ____.

a) fat
b) milk
c) water
d) sand

2. Where are you most likely to see camels in the wild?

a) on an iceberg
b) in a rainforest
c) on a snowy mountain
d) in a desert