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Spell Bee Word: Foolish


What does foolish mean?

Word: Foolish

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Foolish means not sensible; doing or saying something that is not a good idea.

Antonyms: wise

How do you spell foolish?

Syllables: fool - ish

Tricky part: It is fool plus a short ending. Keep the double o of fool, and do not add a second l.

Watch out for: fulish, foollish

Memory tip: Foolish starts with the whole word fool: keep its double o and its single l.

Foolish in a sentence

Example 1: It is foolish to run on a wet floor.

Example 2: The crow in the story felt foolish when the cheese fell.

Example 3: It was foolish of me to leave my umbrella at home on a rainy day.

Fun Fact

1 April is called April Fools' Day in many countries, when people play harmless jokes on each other.

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Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

foolish

a) quick
b) brave
c) silly
d) kind

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c) silly. Something foolish is silly, not a good idea at all.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) helpful
b) foolich
c) clever
d) careful

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b) foolich. Foolish ends in sh, as in fish.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

fool_sh

a) u
b) i
c) e
d) a

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b) i. The gap needs an i, the same vowel as in fit.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

loofsih

a) fooilsh
b) foolish
c) foloish
d) foolsih

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b) foolish. These seven letters make a word that means not sensible.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is a foolish thing to do?

a) touch a hot iron
b) drink water
c) wear a helmet
d) wash your hands

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a) touch a hot iron

2. Who is being foolish?

a) a boy wearing his seat belt in the car
b) a girl drinking clean, boiled water
c) a girl looking both ways at the road
d) a boy flying a kite near electric wires

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d) a boy flying a kite near electric wires

Associated Words

Words that end in -ish: goldfish, selfish, publish, starfish, rubbish, radish

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: wise

More words from this list

joke, November, rich, spoon, wake, bake, carrot, decorate

Next steps

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