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Spell Bee Word: Shallow


What does shallow mean?

Word: Shallow

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Shallow means having only a short distance from the top down to the bottom, like water that comes up only to your ankles.

How do you spell shallow?

Syllables: shal - low

Tricky part: The first vowel is a, even though it can sound like o, and the word ends with ow, as in elbow.

Watch out for: shollow, shallo, shallou

Memory tip: End shallow the way you end window: with ow, never with o on its own.

Shallow in a sentence

Example 1: In the shallow water near the beach, we could see tiny fish.

Example 2: Pour the dal into a shallow dish so it cools fast.

Example 3: The stream was so shallow that we could see every pebble on its bed.

Fun Fact

Chilika Lake in Odisha, India's largest coastal lagoon, is less than three metres deep in most places.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

shallow

a) low
b) flat
c) narrow
d) deep

Show answer

d) deep. A shallow pond has little depth; its opposite is deep.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The ducklings paddled in the shalow part of the village pond.

a) shalow
b) village
c) ducklings
d) pond

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a) shalow. Shallow has a double l in the middle.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) puddel
b) narow
c) shallow
d) surfice

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c) shallow. Narrow doubles its r, puddle ends in le and surface has an a in its middle; only shallow is spelt correctly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rohan finds that the river is shallow near the bank. What can he most safely do there?

a) wade across it
b) swim far underwater
c) sail a big ship
d) dive in head first

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a) wade across it

2. Where is the water usually shallow?

a) in a rain puddle
b) in a big reservoir
c) in the open sea
d) in a village well

Show answer

a) in a rain puddle

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