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Spell Bee Word: Carol


What does carol mean?

Word: Carol

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Carol means a cheerful tune with words, usually sung at Christmas time.

How do you spell carol?

Syllables: car - ol

Tricky part: There is only one r. Children who think of carry write carrol.

Watch out for: carrol, carel

Memory tip: Carry and carrot take two r's, but the Christmas song keeps just one: carol.

Carol in a sentence

Example 1: Our choir practised the same carol twenty times before Christmas Eve.

Example 2: Children went from house to house singing carols in Shillong.

Example 3: Ma hummed a carol while she iced the Christmas cake.

Fun Fact

In old French, a carole was a ring dance with singing, and carols were first sung at many kinds of celebrations, not only at Christmas.

Practise the CREST Way

Spellacadabra

Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order:

a, o

a) c_r_l
b) h_t_l
c) l_b_l
d) c_m_l

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a) c_r_l. With a then o the first word becomes the Christmas tune; o then a would give coral, a different word.

Sound Check

Which of the following words rhymes with the given word?

carol

a) coral
b) barrel
c) royal
d) careful

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b) barrel. Barrel and carol share the same short a and soft ending; coral starts with a different vowel.

Word Champ

Choose the correct word for the blank:

Before dinner, we all sang a ________ around the Christmas tree.

a) cereal
b) choral
c) coral
d) carol

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d) carol. A Christmas tune is a carol; coral grows in the sea.

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) tinsel
b) carol
c) ornamant
d) choir

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c) ornamant. Carol is spelt right; ornament ends in -ment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Name the carol in this list.

a) Silent Night
b) Happy Birthday to You
c) Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
d) Jana Gana Mana

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a) Silent Night

2. A carol is a kind of ___

a) dance
b) song
c) poem
d) game

Show answer

b) song

Associated Words

twigswoopdancingchinesebell
brinkenglandmandolinstaircoil

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