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Spell Bee Word: Consult


What does consult mean?

Word: Consult

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Consult means to go to a person, or look in a book, for advice or information that you need.

Synonyms: check with

How do you spell consult?

Syllables: con - sult

Tricky part: The end is said with a short u, like the u in cup, and children often write an a or an o there instead.

Watch out for: consalt, consolt

Memory tip: When you consult someone, you hope for a good result: in both words the short sound near the end is written with a u.

Consult in a sentence

Example 1: Before planting the seeds, Dadi consulted an old gardening book.

Example 2: You can consult the map at the gate to find the bird park.

Example 3: Our captain consults the coach before every match.

Fun Fact

Consult goes back to the Latin word consulere, and the old Roman title consul is thought to share the same root.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: consult

a) follow
b) answer
c) ignore
d) ask

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d) ask. When you consult a teacher, you ask for the help or facts you need.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) together
b) question
c) library
d) cansult

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d) cansult. Library, question and together are all spelt right; cansult has the wrong vowel after the c.

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

consult

a) unt
b) ent
c) int
d) ant

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d) ant. Consultant, an expert who gives advice, takes the same ending as assistant.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

consullt

a) t
b) u
c) l
d) s

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c) l. Only one l comes before the t at the end.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. You are not sure how to spell a long word. What could you consult?

a) a calendar
b) a ruler
c) a pencil box
d) a dictionary

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d) a dictionary

2. Meera consults an atlas before the class quiz. What does she want to find out?

a) where a country is
b) the words of a song
c) how to bake a cake
d) the time of a bus

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a) where a country is

Associated Words

Words that end in -ult: difficult, result, default

More words from this list

energetic, gross, ladder, opposite, revive, supermarket, advice, bother

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