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Spell Bee Word: Fountain


What does fountain mean?

Word: Fountain

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Fountain means a structure that shoots water up into the air, often in a park or garden. A drinking fountain gives out water for people to drink.

How do you spell fountain?

Syllables: foun - tain

Tricky part: The end is spelt ain even though it sounds like 'tin'. Fountin is the most common mistake.

Watch out for: fountin, fountian

Memory tip: When you write fountain, say the end in your head as 'tain', to rhyme with rain, so the a and the i both go in.

Fountain in a sentence

Example 1: The fountain in the park is lit up in bright colours at night.

Example 2: There is a big fountain in the middle of the garden.

Example 3: After the race, we drank cold water from the drinking fountain.

Fun Fact

The Brindavan Gardens near Mysuru are famous for their evening musical fountain show, where water jets move in time with music and lights.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) fowntain
b) captain
c) certain
d) bargain

Show answer

a) fowntain. Fountain begins like found, with ou.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

founttain

a) a
b) t
c) n
d) u

Show answer

b) t. Fountain has only one t, just before the ain.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

anutfoni

a) foutnain
b) tfounain
c) fnoutain
d) fountain

Show answer

d) fountain. Start with the f and finish with the n.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Children splashed in the fountain in the midle of the park.

a) fountain
b) park
c) midle
d) splashed

Show answer

c) midle. Middle has a double d; fountain is spelt right here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do people often throw coins into a fountain?

a) to clean the water
b) to make a wish
c) to feed the fish
d) to pay for the water

Show answer

b) to make a wish

2. Which word goes with fountain to name something you write with?

a) chalk
b) book
c) brush
d) pen

Show answer

d) pen

Associated Words

extraordinaryweekendmeadownotebookplayground
anchorwhateveruntieexcitingfear

Next steps

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