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Spell Bee Word: Local


What does local mean?

Word: Local

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Local means belonging to the place where you live, or close to it.

Antonyms: faraway

How do you spell local?

Syllables: lo - cal

Tricky part: The ending is al, though it can sound like ul or el. Locel and locul are slips children make.

Watch out for: locel, locul

Memory tip: Local ends like animal and petal: finish with a and l.

Local in a sentence

Example 1: We buy vegetables at the local market.

Example 2: The local park has two swings and a slide.

Example 3: Our local bus stops right outside the school.

Fun Fact

Mumbai's local trains carry millions of passengers on a working day.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) lockal
b) lokkal
c) lokal
d) local

Show answer

d) local. The k sound in local is the single letter c, as in location.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

local

a) busy
b) nearby
c) foreign
d) huge

Show answer

b) nearby. Local things are near where you live.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Papa gets fresh milk from the lowcal dairy.

a) fresh
b) lowcal
c) dairy
d) milk

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b) lowcal. Local has a plain o after the l, with no w.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Arjun walks to the local park. The park is most likely ____.

a) across the ocean
b) a day's flight away
c) a few minutes away
d) in another country

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c) a few minutes away

2. A local newspaper mostly has news about ____.

a) the whole world
b) your own town
c) faraway countries
d) the Olympic Games

Show answer

b) your own town

Associated Words

pocketreciteshirtreadcook
capablepantsarmbananacorrect

More words from this list

plant, September, tennis, action, blackberry, climate, elephant, good

Next steps

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