Spell Bee Word: Snowfall

What does snowfall mean?

Word: Snowfall

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Snowfall means snow falling from the sky, or the amount of snow that falls at one time.

How do you spell snowfall?

Syllables: snow - fall

Tricky part: It is written as one word, with no space or hyphen in the middle.

Watch out for: snowfoll, snowfaal

Memory tip: Picture the white flakes coming down and covering the ground in one smooth sheet: one sheet, one word, no gap.

Snowfall in a sentence

Example 1: The first snowfall turned the hills white.

Example 2: The roads were closed after a heavy snowfall.

Example 3: Our car was covered in white after last night's snowfall.

Fun Fact

Mountain areas such as the Swiss Alps get heavy snowfall in winter.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) snowfoll
b) snowfaul
c) snowfall
d) snowfal

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c) snowfall. The second part keeps two l's, as in tall and ball.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

snowwfall

a) w
b) f
c) o
d) a

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a) w. There is one w, at the end of the first part.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

llsonwaf

a) snowfall
b) nsowfall
c) snwofall
d) sonwfall

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a) snowfall. Read each choice aloud: only one begins with the white stuff that falls in winter.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

After the snowfall, the mountins looked white.

a) snowfall
b) mountins
c) looked
d) white

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b) mountins. Mountains has ai in its second part: m-o-u-n-t-a-i-n-s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these places in India gets snowfall in winter?

a) Kolkata
b) Goa
c) Chennai
d) Manali

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d) Manali

2. After a big snowfall, children like to build a ____.

a) mud pie
b) sandcastle
c) treehouse
d) snowman

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d) snowman

Associated Words

Words that end in -all: meatball, baseball, waterfall, netball, football, basketball

More words from this list

tremble, already, garment, ill, midnight, profit, skyscraper, tower

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

Step 1: Visit the registration page and complete the registration with your desired subject.

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Step 3: After login, go to dashboard and click on Book slot/Take Exam

Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

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