What does doodle mean?
Word: Doodle
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Doodle means to draw small pictures or patterns without really thinking, often while your mind is on something else.
How do you spell doodle?
Syllables: doo - dle
Tricky part: The word ends in a soft 'ul' sound, but it is spelt le, the way it is in table and little.
Watch out for: doodel, doodal
Memory tip: Picture a table with a doodle on top: table and doodle close with the same two letters.
Doodle in a sentence
Example 1: I like to doodle flowers on the back of my rough book.
Example 2: Our art teacher lets us doodle for five minutes before the lesson.
Example 3: My doodle of a smiling sun is stuck on the fridge.
Fun Fact
Google calls the playful drawings that replace its logo on special days Google Doodles.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
lodode
a) oddole
b) doodle
c) ododle
d) dodole
Show answer
b) doodle. Say each option aloud: only one gives the word for a quick little drawing.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) doodle
b) notebook
c) crayan
d) pattern
Show answer
c) crayan. Crayon ends in on; doodle, pattern and notebook are all spelt correctly.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
d_o_le
a) o, t
b) o, d
c) e, t
d) a, d
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b) o, d. The two vowels are the same letter, and the second gap repeats the sound at the start.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Zoya doodled tiny boats on the envlope of Nani's letter.
a) tiny
b) envlope
c) doodled
d) boats
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b) envlope. Envelope has an e after the v.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Tara doodles in the margin of her notebook. What would you expect to find there?
a) a neat map of India
b) a full page of sums
c) a carefully copied poem
d) small stars, swirls and faces
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d) small stars, swirls and faces
2. When might a person start to doodle?
a) while running a race
b) while swimming a length
c) while listening to a long talk
d) while brushing their teeth
Show answer
c) while listening to a long talk
