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Spell Bee Word: Town


What does town mean?

Word: Town

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Town means a place where many people live and work. A town is bigger than a village but smaller than a city.

How do you spell town?

Syllables: town

Tricky part: The ow in town makes the same sound as in cow and now. Out and loud spell that sound with ou, so children sometimes borrow those letters.

Watch out for: toun, taun

Memory tip: Picture a cow walking into town. Cow and town spell that sound the same way, with ow.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. the talk of the town: Something everyone is talking about. Example: "The new water park is the talk of the town."

Town in a sentence

Example 1: My grandma lives in a small town near Nashik.

Example 2: Our town has one cinema and two parks.

Example 3: The circus came to town last week.

Fun Fact

Town comes from tun, an Old English word for a fenced place or a village. That is why so many English place names end in ton.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) towen
b) school
c) garden
d) market

Show answer

a) towen. Town is one short beat with no e in it; garden, market and school are spelt right.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

village, ____, city

a) house
b) street
c) town
d) country

Show answer

c) town. The places grow bigger along the line: a village, then a town, then a city.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

tow_

a) k
b) n
c) p
d) m

Show answer

b) n. The word ends in n, the sound you hear as you close your mouth on it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A small town has ____ than a big city.

a) more trains
b) more buses
c) fewer people
d) taller buildings

Show answer

c) fewer people

2. Where would people in a town go to buy vegetables?

a) the library
b) the post office
c) the market
d) the bank

Show answer

c) the market

Associated Words

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

More words from this list

angry, bring, country, fearful, healthy, mirror, present, sixteen

Next steps

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