What does heal mean?
Word: Heal
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Heal means to get better after being hurt, so that the sore part of the body is well again.
Synonyms: mend, recover
Sounds like: heel (the back part of your foot, or of a shoe); he'll (short for he will)
How do you spell heal?
Syllables: heal
Tricky part: Heal sounds exactly like another English word that has a different spelling and meaning, so think about what the sentence means before you write it.
Watch out for: hele, hael
Memory tip: Heal has the same ea as sea and tea. Picture a warm cup of tea beside you while a scraped knee slowly heals.
Heal in a sentence
Example 1: The graze on Leo's knee took about a week to heal.
Example 2: If Riya keeps the cut clean and covered, it will heal faster.
Example 3: Saying sorry helped heal the quarrel between the two friends.
Fun Fact
A cut heals in stages: a scab forms on top to protect it, new skin grows underneath, and then the scab falls off by itself.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Spies
Choose the option with no spelling errors:
a) heall, cushion, biscit, libary
b) heal, cushion, biscuit, library
c) heale, cushion, biscit, library
d) heal, cushon, biscuit, libary
Show answer
b) heal, cushion, biscuit, library. Heal stops at a single l with no e after it, and cushion, biscuit and library are all right only in this list.
Sound Check
Which of the following words does not rhyme with heal?
a) wheel
b) health
c) feel
d) kneel
Show answer
b) health. Health is said with a short e and ends in a th sound, while wheel, kneel and feel share the long ending of heal.
Word Champ
In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. heat 2. heal 3. heap
a) 132
b) 231
c) 312
d) 213
Show answer
b) 231. All three words begin with the same three letters, so the fourth letter decides: l comes before p, and p before t.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Riya's grazed elbow has healed. What can she most likely do now?
a) show it to the school nurse
b) lean on it without it hurting
c) put a fresh plaster on it
d) keep it wrapped in a bandage
Show answer
b) lean on it without it hurting
2. Which of these could you say has healed?
a) a jumper with a new hole
b) a plant that needs water
c) a scratch that has closed up
d) a bike with a flat tyre
Show answer
c) a scratch that has closed up
