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Spell Bee Word: Litter


What does litter mean?

Word: Litter

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Litter means small pieces of paper, wrappers and bottles left lying on the ground in a public place. A litter is also a group of baby animals born to one mother at the same time.

How do you spell litter?

Syllables: lit - ter

Tricky part: Two t's stand in the middle, and they keep the i short. Writing only one is the usual slip.

Watch out for: litar, litor

Memory tip: Use two hands to clear up litter, and use two t's to spell it.

Litter in a sentence

Example 1: We cleared the litter from Juhu beach.

Example 2: Litter spoils the park for everyone.

Example 3: Please do not leave any litter on the bus.

Fun Fact

Long ago, litter meant a bed. Straw for animals to sleep on was called litter too, and so the word came to mean things scattered untidily.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

litter

a) rubbish
b) basket
c) pavement
d) garden

Show answer

a) rubbish. Both words name unwanted things that people throw away.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rteilt

a) lirtte
b) liettr
c) litter
d) lettir

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c) litter. Only this one is a word for waste left on the ground.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) littre
b) littur
c) litter
d) littir

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c) litter. The last part is the same as in butter and sister.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

liitter

a) e
b) r
c) i
d) l

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c) i. One short vowel is enough after the l.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. You see an empty packet on the playground. What is the best thing to do?

a) leave it on the path
b) kick it under a bench
c) hide it behind a wall
d) drop it in a dustbin

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d) drop it in a dustbin

2. Our cat had a litter last night. What do we have now?

a) some new kittens
b) a new soft basket
c) a big bag of food
d) a heap of paper

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a) some new kittens

Associated Words

Words that end in -tter: otter, scatter, shatter, chatter

More words from this list

pastry, science, stream, wing, below, comma, eyebrow, happy

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