What does sell mean?
Word: Sell
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Sell means to give something to someone in return for money.
Synonyms: trade
Sounds like: cell (a small room, or one of the tiny parts living things are made of)
How do you spell sell?
Syllables: sell
Tricky part: Sell begins with s. Its sound-alike cell begins with c and means something quite different, and the vowel in the middle is a short e, as in ten.
Watch out for: sele, selle
Memory tip: Shops sell things, and both words start with s. Cell starts with c, like cage, because one kind of cell is a small locked room.
Idioms and Phrases
- sell like hot cakes: to be sold very quickly because many people want it Example: "The new comic books sold like hot cakes at the school fair."
Sell in a sentence
Example 1: The vendor sells hot corn on the beach.
Example 2: We will sell our old cycle and buy a bigger one.
Example 3: Shops near the temple sell flowers and sweets.
Fun Fact
In Old English, sellan simply meant to give or hand over; the idea of getting money back came later.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
sell
a) supply
b) offer
c) buy
d) deal
Show answer
c) buy. A shopkeeper sells and the customer buys.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The farmer will sel his mangoes at the Sunday market.
a) farmer
b) mangoes
c) sel
d) market
Show answer
c) sel. Sell ends with two l's, like bell and well.
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
sell
a) ur
b) ir
c) ar
d) er
Show answer
d) er. A person who sells is a seller, with er like teacher and singer.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) shopp
b) custamer
c) sell
d) mony
Show answer
c) sell. Customer has an o after the t, money has an e before the y and shop has one p, so sell is the one spelt right.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Riya gave the shopkeeper Rs 20 and he gave her a pen. What did the shopkeeper do?
a) sold her a pen
b) borrowed her pen
c) bought her a pen
d) lent her a pen
Show answer
a) sold her a pen
2. Which word completes the sentence? The shop is having a big ____ this weekend.
a) sell
b) seal
c) sale
d) cell
Show answer
c) sale
