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Spell Bee Word: Diesel


What does diesel mean?

Word: Diesel

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Diesel means a heavy kind of fuel oil that is burnt in large engines.

How do you spell diesel?

Syllables: die - sel

Tricky part: The long ee sound after the d is spelt ie. Many children swap the two letters and write ei, or leave the e out altogether.

Watch out for: deisel, disel

Memory tip: Think 'In Engines': the I comes first and the E follows, just as the fuel goes into the engine.

Diesel in a sentence

Example 1: The bus driver stopped at the pump to fill the tank with diesel.

Example 2: Our tractor in the village runs on diesel, and it chugs loudly every morning.

Example 3: Many new trains in India are electric, but some goods trains still use diesel engines.

Fun Fact

The fuel is named after Rudolf Diesel, a German engineer who built the first working engine of this kind in the 1890s.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) diesel
b) vehical
c) exaust
d) tracter

Show answer

a) diesel. Exhaust hides a silent h after the x, vehicle ends in cle, and tractor ends in or.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The generator at the wedding hall runs on diesal when the power goes off.

a) generator
b) power
c) diesal
d) wedding

Show answer

c) diesal. The fuel's name ends in el, the same ending you see in camel and travel.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

diessel

a) l
b) e
c) s
d) i

Show answer

c) s. A single s sits in the middle of the fuel's name; the second one is not needed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where can a driver fill up with diesel?

a) at a fuel station
b) at a post office
c) at a bakery
d) at a bookshop

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a) at a fuel station

2. Which of these usually runs on diesel?

a) a heavy lorry
b) a rowing boat
c) a paper kite
d) a bicycle

Show answer

a) a heavy lorry

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with di: distract, disappoint, disappointed, disbelief, distribute, discussion

More words from this list

fingerprint, information, misplace, pride, shatter, tuition, agreement, century

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