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Spell Bee Word: Capital


What does capital mean?

Word: Capital

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Capital means the main city of a country or state, where the government works. A capital letter is a big letter like A or B.

Sounds like: capitol (a government building in the USA)

How do you spell capital?

Syllables: cap - i - tal

Tricky part: Capital ends in a-l, not e-l or l-e. Capitol, ending in o-l, is a different word.

Watch out for: capitel, capitul

Memory tip: A capital has tall buildings: the word ends in t-a-l, like tall with one l.

Capital in a sentence

Example 1: New Delhi is the capital of India.

Example 2: Start every sentence with a capital letter.

Example 3: We visited Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka.

Fun Fact

In 1911 the British decided to move India's capital from Calcutta to Delhi.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) cappital
b) country
c) city
d) letter

Show answer

a) cappital. Cappital has one p too many.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

liatpac

a) cpaital
b) acpital
c) caiptal
d) capital

Show answer

d) capital. Keep t-a-l at the end and fit the other letters in front.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We took a train to the capetal city for the holidays.

a) holidays
b) capetal
c) city
d) train

Show answer

b) capetal. Capetal has e in the middle; capital has i.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

c_pital

a) u
b) e
c) o
d) a

Show answer

d) a. The first vowel is the short a of cap.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chennai is the capital of which state?

a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Kerala
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Karnataka

Show answer

c) Tamil Nadu

2. Pick the capital letter.

a) n
b) a
c) M
d) m

Show answer

c) M

Associated Words

rockslicemondayalbumuniform
dentistspineboatswingprince

More words from this list

dark, float, impala, needle, remark, someone, uncle, aunt

Next steps

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