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Spell Bee Word: Folder

Folder (noun): a folded cover of card or plastic for keeping loose papers together.


What does folder mean?

Word: Folder

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Folder means a folded cover of card or plastic for keeping loose papers together.

How do you spell folder?

Syllables: fold - er

Tricky part: The o in folder says its own name, so children add a u or a w and write foulder or fowlder. There is just one vowel before the l.

Watch out for: foulder, fowlder, foalder

Memory tip: The o in folder says its name, as in go and no, so no u or w joins it.

Folder in a sentence

Example 1: Put your test papers in the blue folder.

Example 2: Mum keeps all our bills in one folder.

Example 3: I made a folder for my drawings.

Fun Fact

On a computer screen, the little picture of a folder is drawn to look like a real card folder, and you keep your work inside it.

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Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

folder

a) eraser
b) file
c) ruler
d) crayon

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b) file. A folder for papers is often called a file; a ruler, an eraser and a crayon cannot hold papers.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) foldor
b) foldur
c) folder
d) foldar

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c) folder. The end of folder sounds like a, but it is spelt er.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

fol_er

a) d
b) t
c) n
d) l

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a) d. The word fold sits at the start of folder.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Noah left his sience folder at school.

a) left
b) sience
c) folder
d) school

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b) sience. Science starts with sc: s-c-i-e-n-c-e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these would you put in a folder?

a) a worksheet
b) a water bottle
c) a lunch box
d) a pencil sharpener

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a) a worksheet

2. Which shop would sell you a folder?

a) a stationery shop
b) a jewellery shop
c) a chemist's shop
d) a vegetable shop

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a) a stationery shop

Associated Words

Words that end in -der: spider, order, glider, shoulder, thunder, gander

More words from this list

hide, magician, pharmacy, selfish, woodpecker, bonfire, count, festival

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