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Spell Bee Word: Melon


What does melon mean?

Word: Melon

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Melon means a large round fruit with a hard skin, sweet juicy flesh inside and many seeds.

How do you spell melon?

Syllables: mel - on

Tricky part: The vowel in the second part is hard to hear and sounds like 'uh', so children write a, e or u. It is an o.

Watch out for: melan, melen

Memory tip: Write the second part exactly like the little word on, even though you say it as 'uh'.

Melon in a sentence

Example 1: We bought a big melon from the fruit seller near the station.

Example 2: Dad scooped the seeds out of the melon with a spoon.

Example 3: A bowl of chilled melon is my favourite summer snack.

Fun Fact

Cucumbers and pumpkins belong to the same plant family as melons.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandma cut a ripe mellon into slices for the guests.

a) slices
b) guests
c) mellon
d) ripe

Show answer

c) mellon. Melon has only one l.

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) wattermelon
b) waturmelon
c) watermelon
d) watermalon

Show answer

c) watermelon. Water keeps one t and an e before its r, and the fruit part keeps its e.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) pinapple
b) pomegranit
c) gauva
d) melon

Show answer

d) melon. Pineapple keeps the e of pine, pomegranate ends in ate and guava has its u before the a.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

meelon

a) l
b) e
c) o
d) n

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b) e. The vowel before the l is short, so it is not doubled.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is a slice of melon so refreshing on a hot day?

a) it is full of cool juice
b) it has a thick, dry skin
c) it is warm from the sun
d) it is packed with salt

Show answer

a) it is full of cool juice

2. Where do melons grow?

a) on vines that trail along the ground
b) on thorny rose bushes
c) high on tall palm trees
d) under the soil like potatoes

Show answer

a) on vines that trail along the ground

Associated Words

Words that end in -lon: colon, nylon, semicolon

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