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Spell Bee Word: Kettle


What does kettle mean?

Word: Kettle

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Kettle means a pot with a handle, a lid and a spout, used for boiling water.

How do you spell kettle?

Syllables: ket - tle

Tricky part: Kettle has two t's in the middle. Children often write only one.

Watch out for: ketle, ketttle

Memory tip: Tea for two: the two t's in kettle make the tea.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. a different kettle of fish: A completely different matter. Example: "Riding a cycle is easy, but riding a horse is a different kettle of fish."

Kettle in a sentence

Example 1: Put the kettle on for tea.

Example 2: Nani filled the kettle at the tap.

Example 3: We bought a new steel kettle.

Fun Fact

Many electric kettles switch themselves off when steam heats a small metal strip that bends and clicks the switch.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) kettle
b) kettel
c) kettal
d) kettil

Show answer

a) kettle. Kettle ends in le, like little.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ltteke

a) ekttle
b) kttele
c) ettkle
d) kettle

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d) kettle. Begin with the k you hear first, then read each option aloud.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Papa put the kattle on the stove.

a) put
b) kattle
c) Papa
d) stove

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b) kattle. The vowel after the k in kettle is e, as in bell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which drink would you make with water from a kettle?

a) cold lemonade
b) a cup of tea
c) a mango shake
d) a glass of lassi

Show answer

b) a cup of tea

2. Why must you be careful with a kettle?

a) it is full of germs
b) it has sharp edges
c) it gets very hot
d) it breaks like glass

Show answer

c) it gets very hot

Associated Words

Words that end in -tle: turtle, sandcastle, title

More words from this list

outside, roar, story, whistle, barber, chair, destroy, fourteen

Next steps

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