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Spell Bee Word: Candle


What does candle mean?

Word: Candle

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Candle means a stick of wax with a string in the middle. When the string is lit, the candle gives light.

How do you spell candle?

Syllables: can - dle

Tricky part: The ending is le, not el: we hear del, but we write d-l-e.

Watch out for: candal, candell

Memory tip: Picture the tall l of candle as the candle itself, with a little e of melted wax at its foot. The l stands before the e.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. burn the candle at both ends: To work too hard and sleep too little. Example: "Before the exams, Lucas burnt the candle at both ends and felt very tired."

Candle in a sentence

Example 1: We lit candles when the power went off.

Example 2: Asha blew out seven candles on her birthday cake.

Example 3: The candle made a soft glow in the dark room.

Fun Fact

Before clocks were common, people sometimes told time with candle clocks, candles marked with lines that each took about an hour to burn.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) cendle
b) kandle
c) canddle
d) candle

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d) candle. Candle begins with a c and the short a of cat, with a single d.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

ca_dle

a) m
b) n
c) l
d) r

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b) n. Say it slowly and you hear the n of can before the d.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

match, ____, flame, light

a) switch
b) fan
c) bulb
d) candle

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d) candle. A match is struck to light a candle, the candle burns with a flame, and the flame gives light.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandma lit a candle in the dark kichen.

a) Grandma
b) candle
c) dark
d) kichen

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d) kichen. Kitchen has a t before the ch, as in match.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a candle burns, it slowly gets ____.

a) taller
b) colder
c) heavier
d) shorter

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d) shorter

2. The string in the middle of a candle is called the ____.

a) stem
b) thread
c) wick
d) fuse

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c) wick

Associated Words

Words that start with can: canal, canoe, candidate, candlestick, canyon, cancel

More words from this list

dinner, garment, ill, midnight, profit, skyscraper, tower, admission

Next steps

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