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Spell Bee Word: Tablet


What does tablet mean?

Word: Tablet

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Tablet means a small hard piece of medicine that you swallow. A tablet is also a flat computer with a touch screen, and in olden days a flat piece of stone or clay with writing on it.

How do you spell tablet?

Syllables: tab - let

Tricky part: The ending is let, but in quick speech it can sound like lit or lat, so students write tablit or tablat.

Watch out for: tablat, tablit, tablett

Memory tip: Let me take my tablet: the word ends in let, just as that little sentence says.

Tablet in a sentence

Example 1: Take one tablet after breakfast, the doctor said.

Example 2: My brother reads comics on his tablet.

Example 3: The museum has a stone tablet with old writing on it.

Fun Fact

Clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia, written in wedge-shaped cuneiform marks, are among the oldest written records in the world, over 5,000 years old.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) tablet
b) computer
c) keyboard
d) microfone

Show answer

d) microfone. Microphone spells its f sound ph; tablet, computer and keyboard are correct.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

tabblet

a) a
b) t
c) l
d) b

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d) b. Tab has a single b, and tablet keeps it that way.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

tablet

a) syrup
b) tonic
c) table
d) pill

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d) pill. A pill is the same as a medicine tablet; tonic and syrup are liquids, and a table is furniture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kiran's tablet has a flat battery. Which kind of tablet is it?

a) a stone with old writing
b) a tablet of medicine
c) a clay slab from long ago
d) a touch-screen computer

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d) a touch-screen computer

2. The doctor said, 'One tablet twice a day for three days.' How many tablets is that in all?

a) 9
b) 6
c) 3
d) 5

Show answer

b) 6

Associated Words

Words that end in -let: mullet, leaflet, pamphlet, droplet, millet, bracelet

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