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Spell Bee Word: Reveal


What does reveal mean?

Word: Reveal

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Reveal means to show or tell something that was secret, or that people could not see before.

Synonyms: show, uncover

How do you spell reveal?

Syllables: re - veal

Tricky part: The long e in the second part is spelt ea. Spelling it by sound alone often gives the wrong pair of vowels.

Watch out for: revele, reveel

Memory tip: Reveal ends in eal, just like meal and deal, so picture a hot meal under a lid, waiting to be shown.

Reveal in a sentence

Example 1: The magician will reveal the card in his hand.

Example 2: Lift the cloth to reveal the cake.

Example 3: Do not reveal the surprise to Didi.

Fun Fact

Reveal comes from a Latin word that meant to pull back a veil, the thin cloth that covers something.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

reveal

a) tell
b) find
c) hide
d) open

Show answer

c) hide. Reveal means to let something be seen, so its opposite is hide.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) reeveal
b) riveal
c) raveal
d) reveal

Show answer

d) reveal. The first part is re, with a single e after the r.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

re_eal

a) v
b) f
c) w
d) b

Show answer

a) v. Put in b, f or w and you get no word at all; v gives reveal.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Ravi pulled the curten to reveal the stage.

a) pulled
b) curten
c) reveal
d) stage

Show answer

b) curten. Curtain ends in tain: cur-tain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When you tear off the wrapping paper, you reveal ____.

a) the card outside
b) the ribbon on top
c) the sticky tape
d) the gift inside

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d) the gift inside

2. At the end of the race, the teacher will reveal the winner's name. What will she do?

a) tell everyone who won
b) clean the running track
c) blow the whistle
d) run the race again

Show answer

a) tell everyone who won

Associated Words

Words that end in -eal: ideal, appeal, oatmeal

More words from this list

sparrow, violet, award, capital, dark, float, impala, needle

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