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Spell Bee Word: Football


What does football mean?

Word: Football

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Football means a game in which two teams of eleven players kick a round ball and try to score goals. The ball itself is also called a football.

Synonyms: soccer

How do you spell football?

Syllables: foot - ball

Tricky part: It is one word, with no space and no hyphen between its two parts. Foot ball and foot-ball are the usual mistakes.

Watch out for: foot ball, foot-ball

Memory tip: Picture a football flying straight into the net with nothing in the way: write the word with no gap and no hyphen.

Football in a sentence

Example 1: We play football in the school ground every evening.

Example 2: Kabir got a new football for his birthday.

Example 3: Kolkata has some of the oldest football clubs in India.

Fun Fact

In Britain and India, football means the game with a round ball. In the USA, football usually means American football, and the round-ball game is called soccer.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) footboll
b) footbol
c) football
d) footbal

Show answer

c) football. The second part is the word ball, spelt in full with ll.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) badminton
b) fotball
c) cricket
d) hockey

Show answer

b) fotball. Foot has a double o, so the game is football.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

foottball

a) o
b) l
c) t
d) b

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c) t. Foot ends in one t, and ball starts straight after it.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our football coach blew the wissle to start the match.

a) wissle
b) match
c) football
d) coach

Show answer

a) wissle. Whistle has a silent h and a silent t; football is spelt right here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In football, which player may catch the ball with their hands?

a) the captain
b) the goalkeeper
c) the referee
d) the striker

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b) the goalkeeper

2. In a football match, the referee stops play by blowing a ____.

a) conch
b) bugle
c) whistle
d) horn

Show answer

c) whistle

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