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Spell Bee Word: Dolphin


What does dolphin mean?

Word: Dolphin

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Dolphin means a clever sea animal with a long nose and smooth grey skin. It breathes air, like us.

How do you spell dolphin?

Syllables: dol - phin

Tricky part: The f sound in dolphin is spelt ph, not f.

Watch out for: dolfin, dolfen

Memory tip: Picture a dolphin talking on a phone. The ph in phone is the ph in dolphin.

Dolphin in a sentence

Example 1: A dolphin jumped out of the water.

Example 2: Dolphins swim together in groups.

Example 3: We watched dolphins near the beach in Goa.

Fun Fact

The Ganges river dolphin is India's national aquatic animal. It is almost blind and finds its food using sound.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) dollphin
b) dolphun
c) dolphin
d) dolphen

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c) dolphin. One l, and the last part is a short in.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lhpodin

a) dolphin
b) dolpihn
c) dolhpin
d) dlophin

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a) dolphin. Only one choice spells the clever sea animal.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

dolphine

a) l
b) h
c) o
d) e

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d) e. Dolphin stops at the n; no e comes after it.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

d_lphin

a) u
b) a
c) e
d) o

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d) o. Dolphin begins with dol, as doll does.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these sea animals is a dolphin most like?

a) a jellyfish
b) an octopus
c) a crab
d) a whale

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d) a whale

2. What do dolphins mostly eat?

a) seaweed
b) fish
c) sea grass
d) coral

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b) fish

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