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Spell Bee Word: Skill


What does skill mean?

Word: Skill

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Skill means the know-how to do something well, which comes from training and practice.

Synonyms: talent

How do you spell skill?

Syllables: skill

Tricky part: The word ends in a double l, just like fill, hill and mill. Writing one l is the usual slip.

Watch out for: skil, skille

Memory tip: Fill, hill, mill and skill all end with ll: two tall letters standing side by side.

Skill in a sentence

Example 1: Riding a bicycle is a skill that takes a few weeks to learn.

Example 2: Asha showed great skill in the badminton final.

Example 3: Our art teacher is teaching us the skill of folding paper birds.

Fun Fact

British English drops one l in skilful, while American English keeps both and writes skillful.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

sckill

a) s
b) c
c) i
d) k

Show answer

b) c. The hard sound after s here needs just one letter, as in sky and skip.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

skill

a) hobby
b) ability
c) habit
d) weakness

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b) ability. Both words describe being able to do something well.

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

skill____

a) ad
b) id
c) od
d) ed

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d) ed. A skilled worker has trained well; the ending is the same as in filled and spilled.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) trainning
b) exersise
c) patiense
d) skill

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d) skill. Exercise has a c before its last e, training has one n in the middle, and patience ends in ence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is something you can get better at with practice?

a) having brown eyes
b) riding a bicycle
c) being the eldest child
d) being born in May

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b) riding a bicycle

2. Neha has great skill with clay. What is she most likely good at?

a) solving sums
b) running races
c) singing songs
d) making pots

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d) making pots

Associated Words

Words that end in -ill: windmill, thrill, goodwill, hill, ill, hornbill

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: talent

More words from this list

ugly, algorithm, chatter, disagree, fisherman, innocent, misunderstand, priestess

Next steps

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