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Spell Bee Word: Metallic


What does metallic mean?

Word: Metallic

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Metallic means made of metal, or looking, sounding or tasting like metal.

How do you spell metallic?

Syllables: me - tal - lic

Tricky part: Many students double the wrong letter near the start, as in letter and better, and write mettallic. Only one consonant stands between the first two vowels.

Watch out for: mettallic, metalic

Memory tip: Say it with a quick, tapping start: one tap, one t.

Metallic in a sentence

Example 1: The new scooter came in a metallic blue that shone in the sun.

Example 2: The school gate shut with a loud metallic clang.

Example 3: Sonal wrapped the gift in metallic silver paper.

Fun Fact

Metallic car paint gets its gleam from tiny flakes of aluminium mixed into the colour.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

clatimel

a) majestic
b) metallic
c) mechanic
d) magnetic

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b) metallic. The jumble holds two l's, and no other option has any l at all.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

met_ll_c

a) o, i
b) e, i
c) a, i
d) a, e

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c) a, i. The stressed beat is tal, with an a, and the next vowel is a short i.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

metallick

a) l
b) t
c) c
d) k

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d) k. Adjectives such as magic and comic close on c alone, so the k has no place here.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) metallic
b) transparent
c) flexable
d) magnetic

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c) flexable. Things that bend are flexible, with an i before the ble.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these makes a metallic sound?

a) a dog barking at the gate
b) rain falling on dry leaves
c) a pillow dropped on a bed
d) a spoon striking a steel plate

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d) a spoon striking a steel plate

2. Which pair of things could both be called metallic?

a) a clay pot and a glass jar
b) a paper bag and a leather belt
c) a steel spoon and a tin can
d) a cotton shirt and a wool scarf

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c) a steel spoon and a tin can

Associated Words

Words that end in -lic: angelic, public, symbolic

More words from this list

probably, sparkle, accustom, bereft, component, democracy, excitable, hurricane

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