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Spell Bee Word: Toxic


What does toxic mean?

Word: Toxic

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Toxic means poisonous; able to harm or kill living things.

Synonyms: poisonous, harmful, deadly

Antonyms: non-toxic

How do you spell toxic?

Syllables: tox - ic

Tricky part: The ks sound in the middle is just one letter, x.

Watch out for: toksic, toxick, tocksic

Memory tip: Tox has an x, just like box: picture a box with a toxic warning sign on it.

Toxic in a sentence

Example 1: Some mushrooms are toxic and must never be eaten.

Example 2: Factories must not dump toxic waste into rivers.

Example 3: Keep toxic cleaning liquids away from small children.

Fun Fact

Toxic comes from the Greek word toxon, which meant a bow, like the ones used in archery.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: toxic

a) bitter
b) smelly
c) harmless
d) sticky

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c) harmless. Harmless things do no damage at all, which is the reverse of toxic; a toxic liquid may or may not be bitter or smelly.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ixcot

a) topic
b) toxin
c) tonic
d) toxic

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d) toxic. The jumble holds both an x and a c, and toxic is the only choice with both.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Smoke from burning plastic is toxik and harms people living nearby.

a) toxik
b) nearby
c) plastic
d) smoke

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a) toxik. This word ends in ic, just like plastic in the same sentence.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) smoke
b) polution
c) toxic
d) rubbish

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b) polution. Pollution has a double l, as in pollute.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these foods is toxic to dogs?

a) carrots
b) rice
c) boiled eggs
d) chocolate

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d) chocolate

2. What do we call a poison made by a living thing, such as a snake?

a) toxin
b) token
c) tonic
d) talon

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a) toxin

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: harmful

More words from this list

append, bureaucrat, convention, dissatisfied, frightened, intelligence, nutritionist, relief

Next steps

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