What does lentil mean?
Word: Lentil
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Lentil means a small round dried seed, usually orange, brown or green, used in soups and dal.
How do you spell lentil?
Syllables: len - til
Tricky part: The last part is said so softly that children guess le or el, and write lentle or lentel. It is spelt il.
Watch out for: lentle, lentel
Memory tip: Lentils boil in the pot: boil and lentil finish with the same two letters.
Lentil in a sentence
Example 1: Nani keeps three kinds of lentils in glass jars in the kitchen.
Example 2: Lentils are small, but a bowlful will keep you full until dinner.
Example 3: We had rice and a thick lentil curry for lunch at Mausi's house.
Fun Fact
The word lens comes from lentil, because a curved glass lens has the same shape as this little seed.
Practise the CREST Way
Spellacadabra
From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
a) barley
b) lenttil
c) spinach
d) almond
Show answer
b) lenttil. Take away one t and the word is right; the other three are already spelt correctly.
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
Papa added ginger, garlic and tumeric to the lentil soup for our dinner.
a) only tumeric
b) only lentil
c) lentil and ginger
d) garlic and tumeric
Show answer
a) only tumeric. Turmeric has an r after its u, though many people do not say it.
Word Champ
Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?
lentil
a) title
b) line
c) tell
d) tile
Show answer
a) title. Title needs two t's, but the given word has only one.
Sound Check
Which of the following words has the 'e' sound as in lentil?
a) bread
b) break
c) beach
d) bean
Show answer
a) bread. Bread is said 'bred', with a short e; beach, break and bean have longer vowel sounds.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Lentils belong to the same food family as which of these?
a) almonds
b) mangoes
c) peas
d) carrots
Show answer
c) peas
2. How do you usually make dried lentils ready to eat?
a) keep them in a tin
b) cook them in water
c) wrap them in paper
d) leave them in sunlight
Show answer
b) cook them in water
