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Spell Bee Word: Salty


What does salty mean?

Word: Salty

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Salty means tasting of salt, or having salt in it.

How do you spell salty?

Syllables: sal - ty

Tricky part: Salty ends in a single y: not saltey, and not saltie.

Watch out for: saltey, saltie

Memory tip: Picture a salt shaker shaped like a y: shake it over chips and they turn salty.

Salty in a sentence

Example 1: The sea water tasted salty on my lips.

Example 2: These roasted peanuts are very salty.

Example 3: Ajji makes salty lassi with roasted cumin.

Fun Fact

Sea water is salty because, over a very long time, rivers have carried tiny bits of salt from rocks into the sea.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) bitter
b) sallty
c) crunchy
d) delicious

Show answer

b) sallty. Salty has just one l, the same as salt. Crunchy, bitter and delicious are fine as they are.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

sal_y

a) k
b) t
c) d
d) f

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b) t. Say sal-ty slowly and you can hear the t.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

sugar, sweet, salt, ____

a) sour
b) salty
c) bitter
d) spicy

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b) salty. Sugar makes food sweet, and salt makes food salty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these tastes salty?

a) a spoon of honey
b) a ripe mango
c) a piece of jalebi
d) a potato chip

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d) a potato chip

2. After eating something salty, you might want ____.

a) a new pencil
b) a warm blanket
c) a bigger shoe
d) a glass of water

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d) a glass of water

Associated Words

Next steps

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