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Spell Bee Word: Fossil


What does fossil mean?

Word: Fossil

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Fossil means the remains or the shape of a plant or animal that lived a very long time ago, kept in rock.

How do you spell fossil?

Syllables: fos - sil

Tricky part: The last sound is a soft 'ul', which children try to write as le or el. Fossle and fossel are common slips.

Watch out for: fossle, fossel, fossill

Memory tip: Fossils Often Stay Safe In Layers: the first letters spell F-O-S-S-I-L.

Fossil in a sentence

Example 1: We saw a dinosaur fossil at the museum in Delhi.

Example 2: Arjun found a tiny shell fossil inside a broken stone.

Example 3: Scientists study fossils to learn about life long ago.

Fun Fact

Dinosaur fossils, including nests of dinosaur eggs, have been found in India, in places such as Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our class saw the fassil of a fern at the science fair.

a) class
b) science
c) fassil
d) fern

Show answer

c) fassil. Fossil has an o after the f, as in fox.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

slosif

a) fssoil
b) ossfil
c) ofssil
d) fossil

Show answer

d) fossil. Keep the double s together and finish with il.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) skeleton
b) fosil
c) pebble
d) dinosaur

Show answer

b) fosil. Fossil needs two s's in the middle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these could become a fossil?

a) a plastic toy dinosaur
b) the bones of an ancient fish
c) a painting of a dinosaur
d) a newly fallen leaf

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b) the bones of an ancient fish

2. A fossil fish is found high up on a mountain. What does this tell us?

a) the fish swam up a stream
b) the land was once under water
c) a fisherman lost it there
d) a bird dropped the fish there

Show answer

b) the land was once under water

Associated Words

sympathyqueendecisionhandsomebackbone
moistureselfishbeliefequalitychase

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