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Spell Bee Word: Halt


What does halt mean?

Word: Halt

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Halt means to end a movement and stand still, or to make something do this.

How do you spell halt?

Syllables: halt

Tricky part: The a here does not sound like the a in hat, so children reach for another vowel and write hoult.

Watch out for: hoult, hault

Memory tip: Picture a big letter a painted on the road where every car must halt. It sits just where your ear expects an o.

Halt in a sentence

Example 1: Cars must halt at the red light.

Example 2: The parade will halt near the school gate.

Example 3: The loud whistle made all the runners halt.

Fun Fact

The word goes back to the German halten, meaning to hold. Marching bands still use it as a command on parade.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

halt

a) stop
b) hurry
c) climb
d) start

Show answer

a) stop. Both words tell someone not to go any further.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

ha_t

a) n
b) l
c) c
d) m

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b) l. Say it slowly and your tongue lifts for this letter just before the end.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The train will halte at the next station.

a) next
b) train
c) halte
d) station

Show answer

c) halte. No silent letter follows the t in this word.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) halt
b) signal
c) wheel
d) trafic

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d) trafic. The cars and buses on a road need a double f.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rain made the cricket match halt. What did the players do?

a) bowled the next over
b) walked off the field
c) carried on batting
d) ran faster between wickets

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b) walked off the field

2. Only one thing here is able to halt. What is it?

a) a sleeping cat
b) a closed book
c) a moving bus
d) a parked car

Show answer

c) a moving bus

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ha: happy, hardware, hairy, hazel, harmless

More words from this list

leap, pancake, sandy, stockings, whale, basin, claw, estimate

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