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Spell Bee Word: Towel


What does towel mean?

Word: Towel

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Towel means a soft piece of cloth you use to dry your body or hands after washing.

How do you spell towel?

Syllables: tow - el

Tricky part: Towel finishes with el, not le. So many words end in le, like table and apple, that the wrong order can look right.

Watch out for: towal, towell

Memory tip: Towel ends the same way as camel and jewel: e first, then l.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. throw in the towel: To give up. Example: "The puzzle was hard, but Ishaan did not throw in the towel."

Towel in a sentence

Example 1: Dry your hands on the small towel.

Example 2: My towel has blue and white stripes.

Example 3: Please hang the wet towel on the line.

Fun Fact

Many bath towels are covered in tiny loops of thread, which help them soak up water.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) tawel
b) basket
c) blanket
d) window

Show answer

a) tawel. Towel starts with tow, spelt with an o; basket, blanket and window are right.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

bucket, mug, soap, ____

a) pillow
b) broom
c) towel
d) spoon

Show answer

c) towel. At bath time you fill a bucket, pour water with a mug, use soap and then dry off with a towel.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

to_el

a) u
b) r
c) v
d) w

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d) w. Only w fills the gap to make the soft cloth for drying.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My new towel has a pink buterfly on it.

a) new
b) towel
c) pink
d) buterfly

Show answer

d) buterfly. It needs a double t after the u: two t letters, not one.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A wet towel dries fastest ____.

a) on a cold floor
b) in a closed cupboard
c) in the hot sun
d) folded in a bag

Show answer

c) in the hot sun

2. What does a beach towel help you do at the seaside?

a) lie on the sand
b) build a sandcastle
c) swim faster
d) catch a crab

Show answer

a) lie on the sand

Associated Words

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

More words from this list

anger, bright, couch, fawn, health, minute, prank, sister

Next steps

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