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Spell Bee Word: Inhale


What does inhale mean?

Word: Inhale

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Inhale means to take air or a smell deep into your body through your nose or mouth.

How do you spell inhale?

Syllables: in - hale

Tricky part: The long a sound is spelt with an a and a final e, not ai, so inhail is the usual slip.

Watch out for: inhail, inhayl

Memory tip: A whale rises to the surface to inhale, and the two words end alike.

Inhale in a sentence

Example 1: Close your eyes and inhale slowly before the race begins.

Example 2: Our yoga teacher asks us to inhale through the nose.

Example 3: We stopped at the bakery door to inhale the smell of fresh bread.

Fun Fact

At rest, most adults inhale about 12 to 20 times a minute without giving it a thought.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

inhale

a) breathe
b) sniff
c) gasp
d) exhale

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d) exhale. Exhale is the opposite action: air leaves the body instead of entering it.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lehain

a) inland
b) inhabit
c) inhale
d) inherit

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c) inhale. Inhabit needs a b and inherit an r, while inland has no e, so one word alone uses every letter.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

innhale

a) h
b) a
c) l
d) n

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d) n. Only one n comes before the h.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) enhale
b) nostril
c) muscle
d) oxygen

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a) enhale. The word starts with in, as in inside: the air is going in.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When you inhale deeply, what happens to your chest?

a) it shrinks a little
b) it feels much colder
c) it swells a little
d) it stays quite still

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c) it swells a little

2. What is a pleasant thing to inhale on a morning walk?

a) the smell of burnt rubber
b) the scent of wet earth
c) the fumes from a bus
d) the dust from a lorry

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b) the scent of wet earth

Associated Words

Words that end in -ale: stale, bale, wholesale

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