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Spell Bee Word: Channel


What does channel mean?

Word: Channel

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Channel means one station on TV that shows its own programmes. A channel is also a narrow path for water.

How do you spell channel?

Syllables: chan - nel

Tricky part: There is a double n in the middle, and the word ends in el, not le or al.

Watch out for: chanal, channell

Memory tip: Split it as chan and nel. The first part ends with n and the second part starts with n, so you get two n's.

Channel in a sentence

Example 1: Dadi watches the news channel every evening.

Example 2: Press this button to change the channel.

Example 3: Our new TV has a lot of channels.

Fun Fact

The English Channel is the sea between England and France, and a railway tunnel runs under it.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) chennel
b) chonnel
c) channel
d) chinnel

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c) channel. The vowel after ch in channel is a.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lnnheac

a) hcannel
b) achnnel
c) channel
d) cahnnel

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c) channel. Find el for the end first; the two n's sit just before it.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

c_annel

a) l
b) r
c) h
d) s

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c) h. The h after the c gives channel its ch sound.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do you use to change the TV channel from the sofa?

a) the plug
b) the remote
c) the screen
d) the wire

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b) the remote

2. Farmers dig a channel beside a field. Why?

a) to bring water to the crops
b) to bury old seeds
c) to keep cows out of the field
d) to make a path for tractors

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a) to bring water to the crops

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