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Spell Bee Word: Tornado


What does tornado mean?

Word: Tornado

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Tornado means a very strong wind that spins round and round, reaching down from a storm cloud to the ground.

Synonyms: twister

How do you spell tornado?

Syllables: tor - na - do

Tricky part: The middle beat is na with an a. Children often hear it as ne and write tornedo.

Watch out for: tornedo, tornido

Memory tip: A tornado spins across the land: say tor-NA-do with a clear a, as in nap.

Tornado in a sentence

Example 1: We watched a film about scientists who travel to study tornadoes.

Example 2: The tornado passed over empty farmland, far from any town.

Example 3: Our science teacher showed us a model of how a tornado forms.

Fun Fact

The word probably comes from Spanish tronada, a thunderstorm, mixed up with tornar, to turn.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) monsoon
b) tornado
c) cyclone
d) hurricain

Show answer

d) hurricain. Hurricane ends in ane, as in plane.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

dontaro

a) cartoon
b) pardon
c) tornado
d) notepad

Show answer

c) tornado. Cartoon needs a c, notepad a p and an e, pardon a p, so only tornado fits.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

t_rnad_

a) o, o
b) a, o
c) u, o
d) o, e

Show answer

a) o, o. Tor opens the word and do closes it, so both gaps take o.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

tornado

a) rainbow
b) breeze
c) whirlwind
d) drizzle

Show answer

c) whirlwind. A whirlwind is a column of air that spins fast, just as a tornado does.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A tornado looks most like ____.

a) a still wall of fog
b) a flat sheet of ice
c) a curved band of colours
d) a spinning funnel of air

Show answer

d) a spinning funnel of air

2. Which country has more tornadoes each year than any other?

a) Japan
b) Iceland
c) the United States
d) Egypt

Show answer

c) the United States

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with t: telegram, tragic, tuna, tripod, timid, twitch

More words from this list

acorn, businessman, delivery, examination, hurry, melodic, postpone, scientific

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