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Spell Bee Word: fertilizer


Basic Details

Word: Fertilizer

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A natural or man-made substance added to soil to help plants grow bigger and healthier.

Synonyms: manure, plant food

How to Spell Fertilizer

Syllables: fer - ti - liz - er

Tricky part: The middle is ti-li, built on fertile, and it is easy to write ta or ty instead. There is only one l.

Watch out for: fertalizer, firtilizer, fertilyzer

Memory tip: Fertile soil gets fertilizer: start from fertile, drop the e and add izer.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Farmers in Punjab spread fertilizer before sowing wheat.

Example 2: Kitchen waste can be turned into a free fertilizer for the garden.

Example 3: Too much fertilizer can harm the plants instead of helping them.

Fun Fact

Bags of fertilizer often show three numbers, such as 10-26-26, which give the share of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, often written N-P-K.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) irrigation
b) fertalizer
c) harvest
d) pesticide

Show answer

b) fertalizer. The root is fertile, so the second syllable is ti, not ta.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

liftzereir

a) fertilized
b) fertilizer
c) fertility
d) sterilizer

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b) fertilizer. Sterilizer is close, but these letters contain an f and no s.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

fertillizer

a) r
b) z
c) t
d) l

Show answer

d) l. A single l is all fertilizer needs, the same as fertile.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do gardeners add fertilizer to the soil?

a) to keep birds away
b) to make the soil colder
c) to feed the plants
d) to stop the rain

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c) to feed the plants

2. Which of these can be used as a natural fertilizer?

a) compost made from vegetable peels
b) plastic bags
c) old batteries
d) broken glass

Show answer

a) compost made from vegetable peels

Associated Words

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