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Spell Bee Word: Tooth


What does tooth mean?

Word: Tooth

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Tooth means one of the hard white parts in your mouth that you bite and chew with. The word for more than one is teeth.

How do you spell tooth?

Syllables: tooth

Tricky part: The long sound in the middle is spelt oo. Children write tuth or toth.

Watch out for: tuth, toth

Memory tip: Draw a smiling mouth inside each of the two round o's, with a shiny white tooth showing.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. have a sweet tooth: To love eating sweet food. Example: "Dadu has a sweet tooth and always asks for jalebi."

Tooth in a sentence

Example 1: My little sister lost her first tooth today.

Example 2: Brush every tooth, even the ones at the back.

Example 3: Ravi has a loose tooth at the front.

Fun Fact

The white coat on a tooth is called enamel. It is the hardest thing in the human body.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ohtto

a) tooth
b) ootth
c) ttooh
d) thoot

Show answer

a) tooth. Say the word and feel your tongue touch your top teeth at the end.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) finger
b) tooth
c) shoulder
d) stomak

Show answer

d) stomak. Stomach ends in ch, which says k here.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

too_h

a) c
b) p
c) s
d) t

Show answer

d) t. The ending is the same soft sound you hear at the end of bath.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

tooeth

a) o
b) h
c) t
d) e

Show answer

d) e. The ending follows straight after the long sound, with no vowel in between.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who would you visit for a tooth check-up?

a) dentist
b) plumber
c) tailor
d) pilot

Show answer

a) dentist

2. A tusk is a very long tooth. Which animal has tusks?

a) monkey
b) elephant
c) camel
d) sheep

Show answer

b) elephant

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with to: toffee, tomato, tomorrow, town

More words from this list

amount, breeze, cotton, favourite, hardly, milk, power, singer

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

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Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

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