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Spell Bee Word: Echo


What does echo mean?

Word: Echo

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Echo means a sound that bounces back off a wall, cliff or hill, so you hear it again. As a verb, to echo is to say again what someone has just said.

How do you spell echo?

Syllables: ech - o

Tricky part: The ch here makes a k sound, so children write eko or ekko.

Watch out for: eko, ekko, ecco

Memory tip: Echo uses ch for the k sound, just like school and Christmas. Say school in an empty hall and listen for the echo.

Echo in a sentence

Example 1: Our voices made an echo in the empty swimming pool.

Example 2: Shout your name near the hills and the echo answers back.

Example 3: We clapped once in the railway tunnel and heard the echo.

Fun Fact

The word echo comes from an old Greek word for sound.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) gigle
b) echo
c) rattel
d) whisle

Show answer

b) echo. Echo is correct. Whistle has a silent t, giggle a double g and rattle ends in -le.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

echoe

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

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b) e. Echo ends with a plain o, with no e after it.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

echo

a) hide
b) repeat
c) forget
d) whisper

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b) repeat. When you echo words, you repeat them.

Word Makeup

Choose the correct suffix to complete the word:

echo

a) ies
b) ys
c) es
d) s

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c) es. Like potato and tomato, echo adds -es to make more than one: echoes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are you most likely to hear an echo?

a) in an open field
b) in a crowded market
c) in a large stone cave
d) in a small carpeted room

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c) in a large stone cave

2. Which animal finds its food in the dark by listening to echoes?

a) a bat
b) a cow
c) a goat
d) a hen

Show answer

a) a bat

Associated Words

alphabetguardianboreairportchard
offermeadowgiganticfriendshipyoga

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