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Spell Bee Word: Fable


What does fable mean?

Word: Fable

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Fable means a short story, often with animals as characters, that teaches a lesson.

Synonyms: story, parable

How do you spell fable?

Syllables: fa - ble

Tricky part: It ends in le, not el or al, as many words that end in a bl sound do.

Watch out for: fabel, faible, fabal

Memory tip: A fable ends with its lesson, and the word ends l then e: l for lesson, e for the end.

Fable in a sentence

Example 1: The fable of the hare and the tortoise teaches us not to be proud.

Example 2: Each fable in this book is only one page long.

Example 3: Grandma told us a fable about a clever crow.

Fun Fact

Aesop's Fables, short animal stories first told in ancient Greece, are still read by children all over the world.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

blefa

a) label
b) feeble
c) fable
d) table

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c) fable. With an f and only one e, the letters make fable.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: fable

a) song
b) fact
c) tale
d) report

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c) tale. A tale is a story, and a fable is a short story with a lesson.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

fabble

a) a
b) e
c) b
d) l

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c) b. One b is enough before le.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) legand
b) fable
c) charactor
d) storyteler

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b) fable. Legend has e before nd, character ends in er and storyteller has a double l.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which story below is a well-known fable?

a) Peter Pan
b) Cinderella
c) Robinson Crusoe
d) The Fox and the Grapes

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d) The Fox and the Grapes

2. The lesson at the end of a fable is called its...

a) chapter
b) moral
c) plot
d) title

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b) moral

Associated Words

Words that end in -ble: believable, visible, invisible, horrible, unpredictable, flexible

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: parable

More words from this list

indeed, minority, presentable, servant, trainer, agenda, carbon, depressing

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