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Spell Bee Word: Stall


What does stall mean?

Word: Stall

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Stall means a small shop or table, often outdoors, where things are sold, for example at a market or a fair.

How do you spell stall?

Syllables: stall

Tricky part: You hear aw in the middle, but it is spelt with a plain a. Stoll is the usual slip.

Watch out for: stoll, stalle

Memory tip: Although your ears hear aw, your pencil writes only an a after st.

Stall in a sentence

Example 1: We bought bangles from a stall at the village mela.

Example 2: Uncle runs a fruit stall near the station.

Example 3: Every stall at the fair had bright lights.

Fun Fact

Stall is also the name for the space in a stable where one horse stands and eats.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ltlsa

a) satll
b) tsall
c) stlal
d) stall

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d) stall. Satll puts the vowel too soon, stlal too late, and tsall flips the opening letters.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

sta_l

a) t
b) n
c) m
d) l

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d) l. The word closes with a double l, like hill and doll.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) seller
b) market
c) baskit
d) stall

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c) baskit. Basket needs an e before its final t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would you find lots of stalls?

a) an empty classroom
b) a school bus
c) a quiet library
d) a busy market

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d) a busy market

2. Tara runs a lemonade stall. What does she do there?

a) she reads books
b) she grows lemons
c) she sells drinks
d) she fixes bikes

Show answer

c) she sells drinks

More words from this list

waffle, bakery, chirp, elastic, grasshopper, kindergarten, observe, require

Next steps

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