What does snowman mean?
Word: Snowman
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Snowman means a figure of a person that children make out of snow.
How do you spell snowman?
Syllables: snow - man
Tricky part: The first part is snow, spelt with ow at the end. Children who write by sound put snoman or snoeman.
Watch out for: snoman, snoeman
Memory tip: The w in snow looks like two little snowflakes falling side by side, and it stays put inside snowman.
Snowman in a sentence
Example 1: We wrapped a woolly scarf around our snowman's neck.
Example 2: In Gulmarg, the children built a snowman taller than their dad.
Example 3: Dad helped us roll a big ball of snow for the snowman's body.
Fun Fact
A snowman made from wet, sticky snow holds together much better than one made from dry, powdery snow.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Fusion
Add the correct option to the unfinished word to make a new word:
Rhea and her cousins built a tall snow_______ in the garden in Manali.
a) man
b) mane
c) mann
d) mun
Show answer
a) man. The figure is shaped like a person, so the last part is spelt m, a, n.
Sound Check
Which of the following words has the 'o' sound as in snowman?
a) cow
b) road
c) shout
d) town
Show answer
b) road. The ow in snow says o, like the oa in road, not the ow of cow.
Spell Spies
Choose the pair which has a spelling error:
a) child : children
b) snowman : snowmans
c) foot : feet
d) mouse : mice
Show answer
b) snowman : snowmans. More than one snowman are snowmen; no s is added.
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
nawmons
a) a woolly hat with a bobble
b) a sledge pulled by dogs
c) a cold wind that blows in winter
d) a figure made of snow
Show answer
d) a figure made of snow. Unscrambled, nawmons gives snowman, the figure children build in winter.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What happens to a snowman when the sun shines on it for a long time?
a) it grows bigger
b) it slowly melts
c) it changes colour
d) it turns harder
Show answer
b) it slowly melts
2. Which vegetable is often used for a snowman's nose?
a) a cabbage
b) a potato
c) a carrot
d) an onion
Show answer
c) a carrot
