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Spell Bee Word: Stone


What does stone mean?

Word: Stone

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Stone means a small, hard lump of rock, like the ones you find on a path or a beach. It is also the large hard seed inside some fruits.

How do you spell stone?

Syllables: stone

Tricky part: The last letter is a silent e. Children who write only what they hear put ston.

Watch out for: ston, stoen

Memory tip: Count the letters: there are five, and the fifth one is never heard, though it must always be written.

Stone in a sentence

Example 1: Grandpa built a low wall out of flat stones.

Example 2: The plum has one hard stone in the middle.

Example 3: We skipped a stone across the pond.

Fun Fact

In Britain, people sometimes still give a person's weight in stones: one stone is 14 pounds, about 6.35 kilograms.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

s_one

a) l
b) w
c) t
d) p

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c) t. The word begins with st, the same pair that starts star.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Riya found a smooth white stoane by the river.

a) white
b) found
c) smooth
d) stoane

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d) stoane. The o says its own name here without any help from an a.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) stone
b) sand
c) gravel
d) pebbel

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d) pebbel. This small smooth stone ends with the same three letters as table.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these could be built from stone?

a) a towel
b) a bridge
c) a pillow
d) a kite

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b) a bridge

2. Which fruit has a stone in the middle?

a) a banana
b) a pineapple
c) a peach
d) a strawberry

Show answer

c) a peach

Associated Words

Words that end in -one: ozone, alone, microphone, backbone, someone, anyone

More words from this list

whether, bedspread, cockroach, excited, Halloween, leadership, page, sandstorm

Next steps

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