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Spell Bee Word: Seagull


What does seagull mean?

Word: Seagull

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Seagull means a large grey and white bird that lives near the sea. Seagulls have loud, crying calls and love to snatch food.

Synonyms: gull

How do you spell seagull?

Syllables: sea - gull

Tricky part: The first part is the word sea, the water the bird lives by, so it is spelt with ea and not ee as in see.

Watch out for: seegull, seigull, sigull

Memory tip: Think of where the bird lives: beside the sea. Write that word first, with its ea, and the rest follows.

Seagull in a sentence

Example 1: A seagull flew down and took my brother's chips at the beach.

Example 2: We heard seagulls crying over the boats in Goa.

Example 3: The seagull stood on one leg on the wall.

Fun Fact

Seagulls can drink salty sea water. Glands just above their eyes take the extra salt out of their bodies.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) peacock
b) parrot
c) seagul
d) pigeon

Show answer

c) seagul. Seagul has lost one l; the word ends in a double l.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

sparrow, pigeon, ____, ostrich

a) bee
b) moth
c) ladybird
d) seagull

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d) seagull. The birds get bigger as you go. A seagull is bigger than a pigeon but tiny next to an ostrich.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

seaguall

a) u
b) a
c) s
d) g

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b) a. The second half has just one vowel, a u.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

sea_ull

a) k
b) d
c) b
d) g

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d) g. After sea comes gull, the bird, which starts with g.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Seagulls often fly behind fishing boats. Why do they do this?

a) to grab scraps of fish
b) to rest on the sails
c) to drink fresh water
d) to hide from the rain

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a) to grab scraps of fish

2. A seagull has webbed feet. What do webbed feet help it do?

a) build nests
b) climb trees
c) swim
d) dig holes

Show answer

c) swim

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Next steps

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