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Spell Bee Word: Mutton


What does mutton mean?

Word: Mutton

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Mutton means the meat from a fully grown sheep.

How do you spell mutton?

Syllables: mut - ton

Tricky part: The t is doubled in the middle, but you hear only one, so many children write a single t.

Watch out for: muton, mutoon

Memory tip: Mutton takes time to cook and is full of taste: t for time, t for taste.

Mutton in a sentence

Example 1: Nani cooks mutton curry with rice on Sundays.

Example 2: In Kashmir, mutton is often cooked slowly with spices.

Example 3: Uncle bought half a kilo of mutton from the market.

Fun Fact

In much of India people say mutton for goat meat too, though in British English the word means meat from a sheep.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tnoumt

a) mutotn
b) mtuton
c) muttno
d) mutton

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d) mutton. Both t's sit together in the middle of the word.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our neighbours sent us a big pot of mutten stew.

a) pot
b) stew
c) mutten
d) neighbours

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c) mutten. The last beat is spelt like the end of button.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

muttonn

a) n
b) t
c) u
d) o

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a) n. Cotton stops at one n, and so does this word.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) potatoe
b) chiken
c) mutton
d) vegtable

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c) mutton. Chicken needs a c before its k, vegetable keeps an e that is hardly said, and potato has no e at the end.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mutton comes from the same animal that gives us which of these?

a) silk
b) wool
c) honey
d) eggs

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b) wool

2. Which heading on a menu would mutton come under?

a) Sweet puddings
b) Main courses
c) Cold drinks
d) Fresh juices

Show answer

b) Main courses

Associated Words

More Class 3 Summer Spell Bee words starting with m: manual, mood, mighty, muscle, microphone, magnificent

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radish, spend, whimper, bedrock, cling, discard, fountain, interesting

Next steps

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