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Spell Bee Word: Pillow


What does pillow mean?

Word: Pillow

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Pillow means the soft thing you rest your head on when you sleep in bed.

How do you spell pillow?

Syllables: pil - low

Tricky part: There are two l's in the middle, even though you hear only one.

Watch out for: pilow, pilowe

Memory tip: Picture a fluffy pillow with two l's standing up in the middle like bedposts.

Pillow in a sentence

Example 1: My little brother sleeps hugging his pillow.

Example 2: We had a pillow fight on the last night of the holiday.

Example 3: Nani stitched a new cover for my pillow.

Fun Fact

In ancient China some people slept on hard pillows made of stone, wood or porcelain instead of soft ones.

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Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Meena tucked her teddy bear under the pillo before she fell asleep.

a) teddy
b) asleep
c) pillo
d) tucked

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c) pillo. The last letter of pillow is w.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

p_ll_w

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

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c) i, o. The first vowel is i, and the second is o.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

pillow

a) mattress
b) blanket
c) curtain
d) cushion

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d) cushion. A cushion is also a soft pad you rest on.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

wolipl

a) pillwo
b) pillow
c) pwillo
d) ipllow

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b) pillow. Ipllow, pillwo and pwillo all keep the two l's together but move another letter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A pillow is usually stuffed with ____.

a) paper or card
b) wood or metal
c) sand or pebbles
d) cotton or feathers

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d) cotton or feathers

2. In which room would you usually find a pillow?

a) bedroom
b) storeroom
c) kitchen
d) bathroom

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a) bedroom

Associated Words

consideratedaydreamagreeablefullabandon
strugglefrustrationarcherydaffodilspoil

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