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Spell Bee Word: Mall


What does mall mean?

Word: Mall

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Mall means a large building with many shops, places to eat and often a cinema, all under one roof.

How do you spell mall?

Syllables: mall

Tricky part: The vowel sounds like aw, but it is spelt with a plain a. That a is easy to write as aw or o.

Watch out for: mawl, malle

Memory tip: The a in mall works like the a in walk and talk: it sounds like aw, but you write a plain a.

Mall in a sentence

Example 1: We bought new school shoes at the mall.

Example 2: The mall was crowded on the Diwali weekend.

Example 3: There is a food court on the top floor of the mall.

Fun Fact

In many hill stations, such as Shimla and Mussoorie, The Mall is the name of the main walking street, not a shopping building.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) mall
b) escalater
c) cinama
d) shoping

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a) mall. Shopping doubles the p before ing, the same as stopping and hopping.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lmal

a) mlal
b) mall
c) amll
d) mlla

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b) mall. Start with m, and the vowel comes second.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We had ice cream at the new mal near the station.

a) mal
b) station
c) new
d) cream

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a) mal. Mall needs a second l at the end.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

mall

a) post office
b) shopping centre
c) sports ground
d) bus station

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b) shopping centre. A mall and a shopping centre are both big buildings full of shops.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these would you most likely find in a mall?

a) a cricket pitch
b) a cow shed
c) a toy shop
d) a railway platform

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c) a toy shop

2. People mostly go to a mall to ____.

a) shop and eat
b) catch a train
c) see a doctor
d) post a parcel

Show answer

a) shop and eat

Associated Words

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