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Spell Bee Word: Polo


What does polo mean?

Word: Polo

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Polo means a team game played on horseback, in which players hit a small ball into a goal with long-handled sticks.

How do you spell polo?

Syllables: po - lo

Tricky part: There is only one l in the middle. Do not double it the way pollen does.

Watch out for: pollo, pollow

Memory tip: One horse, one ball and one l: polo needs just one l.

Polo in a sentence

Example 1: Polo players ride fast horses across a big field.

Example 2: The army team won the polo match in Jaipur.

Example 3: My uncle showed me how to hold a polo mallet.

Fun Fact

British tea planters learnt polo in Manipur in the 1850s, and the Calcutta Polo Club, started in 1862, is one of the oldest polo clubs still running.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) badminton
b) tennis
c) cricket
d) poloe

Show answer

d) poloe. Polo ends with o; nothing comes after it.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

p_l_

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

Show answer

d) o, o. The first vowel is o, as in pot.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The polo players rode their horses across the wide feild.

a) polo
b) players
c) feild
d) horses

Show answer

c) feild. Field has i before e: f-i-e-l-d. Polo is spelt right here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many players does each polo team have on the field?

a) fifteen
b) two
c) four
d) eleven

Show answer

c) four

2. Like polo, which of these games is played with a stick and a ball?

a) football
b) basketball
c) volleyball
d) hockey

Show answer

d) hockey

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