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Spell Bee Word: Cell


What does cell mean?

Word: Cell

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cell means a very tiny living part. Plants, animals and people are made of cells. A cell is also a small battery, like the one in a torch.

Sounds like: sell (to give something to someone for money)

How do you spell cell?

Syllables: cell

Tricky part: Cell starts with c, even though it sounds like s. Sell, with an s, is a different word.

Watch out for: sel, sele

Memory tip: Cell, like cent and city, uses a c for the s sound. Keep sell, with an s, for the shop.

Cell in a sentence

Example 1: Papa put a new cell in the torch.

Example 2: Your skin is made of many tiny cells.

Example 3: Our science book has a picture of a cell.

Fun Fact

Cell first meant a small room. In 1665 Robert Hooke saw tiny boxes in a thin slice of cork, and they reminded him of small rooms, so he called them cells.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) cell
b) cael
c) ceel
d) ceall

Show answer

a) cell. The vowel in cell is a short e on its own.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lecl

a) lcel
b) ecll
c) clel
d) cell

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d) cell. Say cell and write the sounds in the order you hear them.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My clock needs a new celle.

a) needs
b) clock
c) new
d) celle

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d) celle. Nothing comes after the two l's at the end of cell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do scientists use to look at cells?

a) a microscope
b) a telescope
c) a magnet
d) a mirror

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a) a microscope

2. Pick the sentence where cell is used the right way.

a) Can you cell me your pencil?
b) My toy car needs a new cell.
c) I will cell my old bike.
d) The shop will cell us fruit.

Show answer

b) My toy car needs a new cell.

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with c: cabin, colt, crawl, cruel, child, circus

More words from this list

desert, fork, jump, October, ride, star, watch, bamboo

Next steps

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