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Spell Bee Word: Foal


What does foal mean?

Word: Foal

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Foal means a very young horse.

How do you spell foal?

Syllables: foal

Tricky part: The long o sound is spelt oa. Children write fole or fol.

Watch out for: fole, fol

Memory tip: A foal needs a warm coat on a cold night. Those two words use the same two vowels for the long o sound.

Foal in a sentence

Example 1: The foal stayed close to its mother.

Example 2: We saw a brown foal at the farm.

Example 3: The little foal ran around the field.

Fun Fact

A newborn foal has very long legs, and it can usually stand within a few hours of being born.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) phoal
b) piglet
c) kitten
d) donkey

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a) phoal. The first sound of this young animal's name is a plain f.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

foa_

a) l
b) p
c) k
d) d

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a) l. You can hear the last sound clearly: it is the one that starts lion.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

froal

a) a
b) r
c) o
d) l

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b) r. The word starts with the f alone, and no r follows it.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

chick, kitten, lamb, ____

a) sheep
b) foal
c) horse
d) hen

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b) foal. These are all baby animals, starting with the smallest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animal is the mother of a foal?

a) doe
b) mare
c) sow
d) ewe

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b) mare

2. Where would you most likely see a foal at night?

a) in a nest
b) in a burrow
c) in a stable
d) in a beehive

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c) in a stable

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with fo: four, foolish, forgive, forget, fourteen

More words from this list

January, nine, ribbon, speech, volcano, baa, caravan, dawn

Next steps

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