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Spell Bee Word: Festival


What does festival mean?

Word: Festival

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Festival means a special day or time, often with music, food and lights, when people mark a happy event or a season.

How do you spell festival?

Syllables: fes - ti - val

Tricky part: Festival ends in al. Because the end is said quickly, children often write festivel or festivle.

Watch out for: festivel, festivle

Memory tip: Festival and carnival are both big parties, and both finish with the same three letters: val.

Festival in a sentence

Example 1: Diwali is the festival of lights.

Example 2: Our town holds a kite festival every January.

Example 3: We wore new clothes for the Onam festival.

Fun Fact

Festival comes from the Latin word festum, which means a feast.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

fes_ival

a) k
b) t
c) d
d) s

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b) t. Say fes-ti-val slowly and you can hear the t at the start of the second beat.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) music
b) fastival
c) dancing
d) holiday

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b) fastival. Festival starts with fes, with an e, as in the word fest. Holiday, music and dancing are already correct.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

festival

a) quarrel
b) lesson
c) celebration
d) silence

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c) celebration. A festival is a celebration; a quarrel, a lesson and silence are not parties.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

vtilsaef

a) festival
b) fesitval
c) fetsival
d) fesvital

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a) festival. Find the fes at the front first; then the beats ti and val follow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a harvest festival in India?

a) Pongal
b) Children's Day
c) Sports Day
d) Teachers' Day

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a) Pongal

2. What do many families do before a big festival?

a) clean and decorate the house
b) put away all the lights
c) close the windows for a week
d) stop talking to friends

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a) clean and decorate the house

Associated Words

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