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Spell Bee Word: Hill

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What does hill mean?

Word: Hill

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Hill means a piece of land that is higher than the ground around it.

Synonyms: mound

How do you spell hill?

Syllables: hill

Tricky part: Hill ends with a double l. Short words like hill, fill and will often double the l after a short vowel.

Watch out for: hil, hiil, hille

Memory tip: Think of the two l's as two tall hills standing side by side at the end of the word.

Hill in a sentence

Example 1: We rolled down the grassy hill.

Example 2: There is a small shop on top of the hill.

Example 3: The bus went slowly up the hill road.

Next steps

Fun Fact

Shimla and Darjeeling are hill towns: they sit high up on hills, where the summer is cool.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

hill

a) valley
b) peak
c) cliff
d) slope

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a) valley. A hill rises up; a valley is the low land that dips down between hills.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We climbed the hyll behind our school.

a) behind
b) climbed
c) school
d) hyll

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d) hyll. Hill is spelt with an i, not a y.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

pebble, rock, ____, mountain

a) dust
b) sand
c) hill
d) leaf

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c) hill. Each thing is bigger than the one before: a hill is far bigger than a rock, and a mountain is bigger still.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) river
b) feild
c) hill
d) forest

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b) feild. Field is spelt with i before e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From the top of a tall hill, the houses below look ____.

a) smaller
b) taller
c) louder
d) wetter

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a) smaller

2. Riding a cycle up a hill is hard work because the road ____.

a) is too wide
b) is too flat
c) has no signs
d) slopes upwards

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d) slopes upwards

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: mound

More words from this list

magpie, pillowcase, separate, syrup, worksheet, bottle, cousin, filthy

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