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Spell Bee Word: Cartoon


What does cartoon mean?

Word: Cartoon

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cartoon means a funny drawing, or a film made from many drawings shown quickly one after another, like the shows children watch on TV.

Synonyms: animation

How do you spell cartoon?

Syllables: car - toon

Tricky part: Two o's make the oon at the end, as in moon. Children write cartun or cartoun.

Watch out for: cartun, cartoun, cartone

Memory tip: Draw two big round eyes on a cartoon face, and let them be the two o's in the word.

Cartoon in a sentence

Example 1: We watched a cartoon about a clever monkey.

Example 2: Ishaan drew a cartoon of our teacher, and she laughed.

Example 3: My favourite cartoon comes on after school.

Fun Fact

Chhota Bheem, one of India's most watched cartoon shows, first came on TV in 2008.

Practise the CREST Way

Sound Check

Which of the following words rhymes with cartoon?

a) spoon
b) cotton
c) carton
d) cartwheel

Show answer

a) spoon. Carton looks close, but only spoon ends with the same sound as cartoon.

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) garden
b) carpet
c) carrot
d) kartoon

Show answer

d) kartoon. Cartoon starts with c, just like car.

Jumble Tumble

Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form the name of something children watch on TV?

a) tocanort
b) toconor
c) tocanor
d) tocanore

Show answer

c) tocanor. Tocanor has exactly the seven letters you need, with no letter missing or added.

Spellacadabra

From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?

a) crayon
b) balloon
c) carrtoon
d) comic

Show answer

c) carrtoon. Car has one r, so drop the extra r.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is most likely to be in a cartoon?

a) a price list
b) a train timetable
c) a weather report
d) a talking rabbit

Show answer

d) a talking rabbit

2. A newspaper cartoon is usually meant to make you ___.

a) shiver
b) sneeze
c) sleep
d) smile

Show answer

d) smile

Associated Words

machinesurprisedbalmdragonflyweapon
deckflutelightmermaidunicorn

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