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Spell Bee Word: Ripple


What does ripple mean?

Word: Ripple

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Ripple means a small ring or line that moves across the top of water, like the rings you see when a pebble drops into a pond.

How do you spell ripple?

Syllables: rip - ple

Tricky part: There are two p letters in the middle. Children who write only one get riple.

Watch out for: riple, ripl

Memory tip: Two p letters sit side by side, like two little ripples next to each other.

Ripple in a sentence

Example 1: The stone made a ripple in the lake.

Example 2: Ripples spread out across the pond in circles.

Example 3: A soft wind sent ripples over the water tank.

Fun Fact

Ripples are not only found on water. Wind can blow sand on a beach or in a desert into rows of small ripples too.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) ripple
b) rippal
c) rippul
d) rippel

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a) ripple. Ripple ends in le, like apple.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The frog left a repple on the pond.

a) frog
b) left
c) pond
d) repple

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d) repple. The first vowel in ripple is i, as in rip.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lpeirp

a) irpple
b) ripple
c) rpplie
d) lrippe

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b) ripple. Two p letters sit together in the middle of the word.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

ripple

a) wave
b) stone
c) shell
d) leaf

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a) wave. A ripple is a tiny wave moving across water.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these can make ripples on a lake?

a) the sun shining
b) a cloud passing
c) a bird singing
d) a duck swimming

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d) a duck swimming

2. When does a pond have no ripples at all?

a) when the wind blows
b) when the air is still
c) when it rains
d) when fish jump

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b) when the air is still

Associated Words

Words that end in -ple: purple, maple, pineapple

More words from this list

storm, whisper, banyan, chain, desk, four, jumper, olive

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