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Spell Bee Word: Satchel


What does satchel mean?

Word: Satchel

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Satchel means a bag with a long strap that you wear over your shoulder.

Synonyms: bag

How do you spell satchel?

Syllables: satch - el

Tricky part: The ch sound has a silent t in front of it, as in match and kitchen. Children often write sachel.

Watch out for: sachel, saychel

Memory tip: Match and kitchen hide the same tch as satchel: if you can spell them, you can spell this.

Satchel in a sentence

Example 1: My satchel has two pockets for pens.

Example 2: Grandpa still keeps his old school satchel.

Example 3: Rehan hung his satchel on the hook by the door.

Fun Fact

Satchel comes from the Latin saccellus, a little bag. The word sack belongs to the same family.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

satchell

a) s
b) a
c) l
d) e

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c) l. Satchel ends with a single l, like camel.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) setchel
b) sotchel
c) satchel
d) sutchel

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c) satchel. Satchel opens with sat, the same three letters as the past of sit.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Anu put her lunch and her new pensil box in her satchel.

a) box
b) pensil
c) lunch
d) satchel

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b) pensil. Pencil uses a c for its s sound, as city does.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

milk, bottle, books, ____

a) teapot
b) satchel
c) kettle
d) bucket

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b) satchel. Milk is carried in a bottle, and books are carried in a satchel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do you usually carry in a satchel?

a) a big pumpkin
b) a bucket of water
c) a bicycle
d) books and pencils

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d) books and pencils

2. A satchel is often made of ____.

a) paper or sand
b) ice or snow
c) glass or stone
d) leather or cloth

Show answer

d) leather or cloth

Associated Words

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