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Spell Bee Word: Haul


What does haul mean?

Word: Haul

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Haul means to pull something heavy along, using a lot of effort.

Synonyms: pull, tug

Antonyms: push

Sounds like: hall (a large room or the passage inside a building)

How do you spell haul?

Syllables: haul

Tricky part: The aw sound in haul is spelt au, so hawl is the usual slip. Hall sounds the same but means a big room.

Watch out for: hawl, hual

Memory tip: Haul has the same au as August and autumn. Picture fishermen hauling a heavy net one August morning.

Haul in a sentence

Example 1: The fishermen hauled the net onto the beach.

Example 2: We had to haul our suitcases up three floors.

Example 3: Two bullocks hauled the cart full of sugarcane.

Fun Fact

Flights that cover very long distances, such as Delhi to New York, are called long-haul flights.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

haul

a) drop
b) lift
c) drag
d) throw

Show answer

c) drag. To haul is to drag something heavy along with effort.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) wieght
b) strech
c) haul
d) carrige

Show answer

c) haul. Carriage keeps the ia of marriage, which carrige has lost; strech and wieght are wrong as well.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The workers had to haull the heavy logs up the hill.

a) haull
b) heavy
c) logs
d) workers

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a) haull. Haul ends in a single l, unlike hall.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would you need to haul?

a) a kite in the wind
b) a door you push
c) a cart full of bricks
d) a ball you kick

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c) a cart full of bricks

2. A fisherman's haul is ____.

a) the song he sings
b) the fish he catches
c) the boat he sails
d) the net he mends

Show answer

b) the fish he catches

Associated Words

buytrashdishwasherdistractmysterious
cellphonecooperatediversityjudgeachievement

Next steps

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