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Spell Bee Word: Javelin


What does javelin mean?

Word: Javelin

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Javelin means a long, light pole with a pointed metal tip, thrown in a sports event.

How do you spell javelin?

Syllables: jav - e - lin

Tricky part: The e in the middle is hardly heard when the word is said, so pupils drop it or put an a in its place.

Watch out for: javlin, javalin

Memory tip: Give the quiet middle beat a shout when you practise: jav-EH-lin. Once you hear it, you will not leave it out.

Javelin in a sentence

Example 1: Our coach showed us how to hold a javelin with a firm grip.

Example 2: Rekha runs a few quick steps before she lets the javelin go.

Example 3: The javelin landed point first in the grass.

Fun Fact

The men's javelin world record, a throw of 98.48 metres, was set by a Czech athlete in 1996.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

vjelnai

a) jaguar
b) jacket
c) jasmine
d) javelin

Show answer

d) javelin. All four start with j and a, but only one has a v, an l and an n to use.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) hurdels
b) javelin
c) badmintan
d) athaletics

Show answer

b) javelin. Hurdles ends in les, badminton has an o, and athletics has no a after the th.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Anya's javelen flew farther than any other throw at the district meet.

a) farther
b) flew
c) district
d) javelen

Show answer

d) javelen. The last beat has an i, as in the word pin.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

jhavelin

a) h
b) v
c) l
d) a

Show answer

a) h. A j needs no h after it here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What decides the winner of a javelin event?

a) how fast the arm moves
b) how far the throw goes
c) how long it stays in the air
d) how high the throw goes

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b) how far the throw goes

2. Which events are most like the javelin, because athletes throw something?

a) draughts and dominoes
b) discus and shot put
c) squash and tennis
d) hockey and football

Show answer

b) discus and shot put

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with j: jeweller, jellyfish, judge

More words from this list

nickel, radiant, spare, unknown, apartment, colon, dislodge, frontier

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