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Spell Bee Word: Skateboard


What does skateboard mean?

Word: Skateboard

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Skateboard means a narrow board with four small wheels that you stand on and ride.

How do you spell skateboard?

Syllables: skate - board

Tricky part: The second part is board, the flat piece you stand on, and it is spelt with oa, as in boat and road.

Watch out for: skatebord, skatebored, skateborde

Memory tip: Picture your skateboard as a little boat on wheels: board and boat both have oa.

Skateboard in a sentence

Example 1: Kabir rides his skateboard in the park.

Example 2: Wear a helmet on your skateboard.

Example 3: My skateboard has green wheels.

Fun Fact

Skateboarding became an Olympic sport for the first time at the Tokyo Games, held in 2021.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) sandcastle
b) scateboard
c) football
d) sunflower

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b) scateboard. The k sound at the start of skateboard is a k, not a c.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ekatsbdroa

a) skaetboard
b) skatbeoard
c) skateboard
d) sketaboard

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c) skateboard. These ten letters make the board with four small wheels that you ride.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Meera fell off her skatboard and hurt her knee.

a) knee
b) hurt
c) skatboard
d) fell

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c) skatboard. The silent e of the first half stays when the second half is joined on.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

ska_eboard

a) p
b) d
c) t
d) k

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c) t. A t comes after ska, just as you hear it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do you make a skateboard roll forward?

a) turn the pedals
b) ring a bell
c) push off with one foot
d) pull a long string

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c) push off with one foot

2. Where is the safest place to ride a skateboard?

a) in a crowded market
b) in a skate park
c) on a busy road
d) down a staircase

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b) in a skate park

Associated Words

Words that end in -board: blackboard, clipboard, cardboard

More words from this list

towel, anger, bright, couch, fawn, health, minute, prank

Next steps

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