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Spell Bee Word: Seal


What does seal mean?

Word: Seal

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Seal means a sea animal with a smooth, round body and flippers. Seals swim well and come out of the water to rest.

How do you spell seal?

Syllables: seal

Tricky part: You hear a long ee, but seal is spelt with ea, the same two letters as in sea, where it swims.

Watch out for: seil, siel, seyl

Memory tip: A seal swims in the sea, and the two words share the same ea in the middle.

Seal in a sentence

Example 1: The seal clapped its flippers at the show.

Example 2: A baby seal has soft, fluffy fur.

Example 3: Seals lie on the rocks to warm up in the sun.

Fun Fact

Seals have a thick layer of fat under the skin, called blubber. It keeps them warm in icy water.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) seall
b) octopus
c) turtle
d) dolphin

Show answer

a) seall. The animal needs just one l at the end, so seall has an l too many.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

shrimp, crab, ____, whale

a) ant
b) seal
c) snail
d) worm

Show answer

b) seal. These sea animals grow in size, and a seal is far bigger than a crab but much smaller than a whale.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

A ceal swam close to our boat.

a) ceal
b) swam
c) close
d) boat

Show answer

a) ceal. The animal begins with an s, the same letter that starts swim, not a c.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a seal mostly eat?

a) seeds
b) fruit
c) grass
d) fish

Show answer

d) fish

2. What is a baby seal called?

a) a calf
b) a chick
c) a pup
d) a cub

Show answer

c) a pup

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with se: seven, September, seventeen, secret

More words from this list

teacher, accept, bison, clever, eagle, glue, lily, people

Next steps

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