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Spell Bee Word: Timetable


What does timetable mean?

Word: Timetable

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Timetable means a chart that shows what happens at what time, such as which lesson comes when or when trains leave.

Synonyms: schedule

How do you spell timetable?

Syllables: time - ta - ble

Tricky part: Two words are joined, and the silent e in the middle is the letter children most often drop.

Watch out for: timtable, timetabble, tymetable

Memory tip: That middle e is a magic e: it makes the i say its own name, just as it does in kite.

Timetable in a sentence

Example 1: Check the timetable to see if we have PT today.

Example 2: The bus timetable is stuck on the stop.

Example 3: Riya made a timetable for her holiday reading.

Fun Fact

In 1839 a printer named George Bradshaw brought out one of the first books of railway timetables in Britain.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) notebook
b) uniform
c) timetabel
d) library

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c) timetabel. The word ends in b, l, e.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

blemietat

a) tiemtable
b) timetable
c) timetalbe
d) timeatble

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b) timetable. Picture the chart on your classroom wall, then find the choice that spells its name.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our class timeteble is pinned on the wall.

a) class
b) wall
c) pinned
d) timeteble

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d) timeteble. Timeteble has an e where an a should be.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

timettable

a) m
b) t
c) e
d) b

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b) t. One t starts the second half of the word; the other is extra.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is NOT usually shown on a school timetable?

a) start times
b) lesson names
c) test marks
d) days of the week

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c) test marks

2. A timetable is usually set out in ____.

a) a single picture
b) rows and columns
c) a short poem
d) one long sentence

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b) rows and columns

Associated Words

Words that end in -table: countable, vegetable, comfortable, table, presentable, stable

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: schedule

More words from this list

achieve, bulldozer, daisy, friendly, hornbill, many, playful, shed

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