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Spell Bee Word: Tinsel


What does tinsel mean?

Word: Tinsel

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Tinsel means thin, shiny strips of coloured foil hung up to make a room look bright for a party.

How do you spell tinsel?

Syllables: tin - sel

Tricky part: The ending sounds like the end of little, but tinsel ends in el, not le.

Watch out for: tinsle, tinsal

Memory tip: Bend your elbow to hang it up: elbow starts with el, the same two letters that end tinsel.

Tinsel in a sentence

Example 1: Lucy wrapped gold tinsel round the classroom door for the school concert.

Example 2: Our street shone with tinsel and fairy lights on the night of the fair.

Example 3: The kitten kept batting at a loose strand of tinsel.

Fun Fact

The word tinsel is thought to come from an old French word for a spark.

Practise the CREST Way

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

tin___el

a) s
b) ss
c) z
d) c

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a) s. The hissing sound in the middle is a single s; tincel, tinzel and tinssel are not words.

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?

tinsel

a) line
b) nest
c) sleet
d) tile

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c) sleet. Sleet needs two e's, but tinsel has only one.

Sound Check

Which of the following words has the 'i' sound as in tinsel?

a) fine
b) field
c) bird
d) fish

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d) fish. Fish has the same short i as tin; fine, field and bird each use a different sound.

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) ribbon
b) tinsel
c) glitter
d) lanturn

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d) lanturn. A lantern ends in ern, so lanturn is the slip here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When might a class hang tinsel round the room?

a) while eating lunch
b) during a spelling test
c) before a school celebration
d) in the middle of a science lesson

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c) before a school celebration

2. Why does tinsel catch your eye in a dim room?

a) it feels warm to touch
b) it reflects the light
c) it smells of flowers
d) it makes a soft sound

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b) it reflects the light

Associated Words

More Class 2 Winter Spell Bee words starting with t: tonight, thirst, their, toaster, twice, thimble

More words from this list

yourself, bowler, diet, florist, iris, noodle, railing, smudge

Next steps

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