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Spell Bee Word: Sail


What does sail mean?

Word: Sail

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Sail means to travel across water in a boat or ship.

Sounds like: sale (the selling of something, or a time when a shop sells things cheaply)

How do you spell sail?

Syllables: sail

Tricky part: Sail sounds just the same as sale, the word for selling things, so think about the meaning before you write.

Watch out for: sael, seil

Memory tip: The verb sail is spelt the same as the sail, the big cloth on a boat's mast. If a boat is in your sentence, this is the spelling you need.

Sail in a sentence

Example 1: Fishing boats sail out of Kochi before sunrise.

Example 2: We watched a paper boat sail down the stream.

Example 3: One day I want to sail across the sea.

Fun Fact

A sailing boat cannot sail straight into the wind. It moves forward in a zigzag to travel towards it.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

car, drive, plane, fly, boat, ____

a) bake
b) sail
c) bark
d) melt

Show answer

b) sail. We drive a car, fly a plane and sail a boat.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We watched the boats sayl across the lake.

a) boats
b) sayl
c) watched
d) lake

Show answer

b) sayl. Sail is spelt with ai in the middle, like rain and train.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) island
b) saile
c) river
d) anchor

Show answer

b) saile. Sail has no e at the end; it is the shop word sale that ends in e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can sail across a lake?

a) a lorry
b) a train
c) a bicycle
d) a ship

Show answer

d) a ship

2. What pushes a small sailing boat along?

a) the sand
b) the wind
c) the clouds
d) the moon

Show answer

b) the wind

Associated Words

Next steps

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