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Spell Bee Word: Gaggle

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What does gaggle mean?

Word: Gaggle

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Gaggle means a group of geese, usually on land or water. People also use it, in a light-hearted way, for a noisy, untidy bunch of people.

Synonyms: group, bunch, crowd

How do you spell gaggle?

Syllables: gag - gle

Tricky part: The middle has a double g, and many students write only one g there.

Watch out for: gagle, gaggel, gaggal

Memory tip: Count the geese: a gaggle holds three g's, and two of them stand side by side in the middle.

Gaggle in a sentence

Example 1: A gaggle of geese waddled across the lane near Grandma's farm in Wales.

Example 2: A gaggle of reporters waited outside the stadium gate for the captain.

Example 3: We spotted a gaggle of tourists taking photographs at the Eiffel Tower.

Next steps

Fun Fact

The word changes with the birds' position: geese on the ground are a gaggle, but a group flying in a V is often called a skein.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

gaggele

a) e
b) a
c) g
d) l

Show answer

a) e. Gaggle finishes like giggle and wiggle, so the e before the l is the one to cross out.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ggaelg

a) goggle
b) gargle
c) giggle
d) gaggle

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d) gaggle. Giggle needs an i, goggle an o and gargle an r; only gaggle is built from these six letters.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

gaggle

a) individual
b) feather
c) cackle
d) flock

Show answer

d) flock. A flock and a gaggle are both groups of birds.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) troupe
b) gaggle
c) shoal
d) colany

Show answer

d) colany. Colony has an o in the middle, as in colonies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word below is a collective noun, like gaggle?

a) hoof
b) feather
c) herd
d) nest

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c) herd

2. If a teacher calls her class a gaggle, she means the children are ____.

a) noisy and crowded together
b) spread out across the field
c) silent and in neat rows
d) tired and half asleep

Show answer

a) noisy and crowded together

Associated Words

Words that end in -gle: straggle, disentangle, untangle

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: bunch, crowd

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