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Spell Bee Word: Sandstorm

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What does sandstorm mean?

Word: Sandstorm

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Sandstorm means a strong wind in a desert that lifts sand and blows it through the air in thick clouds.

Synonyms: dust storm

How do you spell sandstorm?

Syllables: sand - storm

Tricky part: The d in the middle is hard to hear when you say the word fast, so it often goes missing: sanstorm.

Watch out for: sanstorm, santstorm

Memory tip: A sandstorm is full of sand, so the word keeps the whole of sand, d and all.

Sandstorm in a sentence

Example 1: A sandstorm hit the desert and the sky turned orange.

Example 2: The wind howled all through the sandstorm.

Example 3: We could not see the road because of the sandstorm.

Next steps

Fun Fact

Camels have two rows of long eyelashes that help keep sand out of their eyes in a sandstorm.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) sandsterm
b) sandstarm
c) sandstorm
d) sandsturm

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c) sandstorm. Storm is spelt with or, as in fork.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

sandsttorm

a) s
b) t
c) o
d) d

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b) t. Storm has one t.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

smrodnast

a) sandsrotm
b) sandstorm
c) sandtorsm
d) sandsotrm

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b) sandstorm. Find sand first; the other five letters make the word for wild weather.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would help you most in a sandstorm?

a) a warm woollen cap
b) a scarf over the face
c) an umbrella over the head
d) a raincoat and boots

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b) a scarf over the face

2. Where are sandstorms most common?

a) at the North Pole
b) in a rainforest
c) in the Sahara Desert
d) on a snowy mountain

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c) in the Sahara Desert

Associated Words

Words that end in -orm: uniform, perform, bookworm, thunderstorm, brainstorm

More words from this list

stiff, barn, classmate, enough, greeting, lamb, omelette, robin

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