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Spell Bee Word: Shell


What does shell mean?

Word: Shell

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Shell means the hard outer cover of an egg, a nut, a snail, a tortoise or some sea creatures.

How do you spell shell?

Syllables: shell

Tricky part: Shell ends in a double l. Children often write just one and get shel.

Watch out for: shel, chell

Memory tip: Shell has a double l at the end, the same as ball and hill.

Shell in a sentence

Example 1: We picked up a pink shell on the beach at Puri.

Example 2: Crack the egg gently so no shell falls into the bowl.

Example 3: A hermit crab moves into a bigger shell as it grows.

Fun Fact

A tortoise cannot climb out of its shell, because the shell is joined to its backbone and ribs.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

sh_ll

a) y
b) u
c) e
d) o

Show answer

c) e. The vowel is the short e you hear in egg.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) seaweed
b) pebbel
c) crab
d) shell

Show answer

b) pebbel. Pebble ends in le, like bubble.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Dev keeps a shell and a litle stone in his pencil box.

a) litle
b) shell
c) pencil
d) stone

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a) litle. Little has a double t in the middle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these has a shell?

a) a coconut
b) a cucumber
c) a mango
d) a carrot

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a) a coconut

2. Why does a snail have a shell?

a) to help it sing
b) to keep its soft body safe
c) to help it fly
d) to make it run fast

Show answer

b) to keep its soft body safe

Associated Words

Words that end in -ell: seashell, cell, doorbell, yell, dwell

More words from this list

thin, zoo, buffalo, cushion, friend, hornbill, many, playful

Next steps

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