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Spell Bee Word: Nylon


What does nylon mean?

Word: Nylon

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Nylon means a strong, light man-made material used for clothes, ropes and brushes.

How do you spell nylon?

Syllables: ny - lon

Tricky part: The first vowel sounds like the word eye, and children reach for an i. This word uses a y.

Watch out for: nilon, nailon

Memory tip: The long tail of the y hangs below the line like a thread of this strong material.

Nylon in a sentence

Example 1: My raincoat is made of thin blue nylon.

Example 2: Nylon ropes stay strong even when they get wet.

Example 3: Sita packed her clothes in a light nylon bag.

Fun Fact

Nylon's first everyday use was in toothbrush bristles, in the United States in 1938. Stockings made of it followed in 1940, and shoppers queued to buy them.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lyonn

a) melon
b) pylon
c) salon
d) nylon

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d) nylon. The jumble has two n's, while pylon has a p, salon an s and an a, and melon an m and an e.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

nyllon

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

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b) l. Drop one l and you are left with the name of the material.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We packed a warm blanket and a nylone sheet for the camping trip.

a) nylone
b) sheet
c) camping
d) blanket

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a) nylone. The word stops at the n, with no e after it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) linnen
b) vellvet
c) nylon
d) polyster

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c) nylon. Vellvet and linnen each double a letter that should be single, and polyster has lost the e after its y.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is nylon a good choice for a tent?

a) It keeps a strong flowery smell
b) It dries quickly and packs small
c) It soaks up rain like a sponge
d) It weighs more than thick wool

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b) It dries quickly and packs small

2. Cotton comes from a plant. Where does nylon come from?

a) a coconut shell
b) a sheep's back
c) a factory
d) a silkworm's cocoon

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c) a factory

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with n: nebula, nephew, newsflash, noble, nickel, necessary

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