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Spell Bee Word: trail


Basic Details

Word: Trail

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A rough path through the countryside or a forest; also a line of marks left by someone or something moving.

Synonyms: path, track, trace

How to Spell Trail

Syllables: trail

Tricky part: The long a sound is spelt ai, as in rail. Do not mix it up with trial, which has the i before the a.

Watch out for: trale, trayl, traill

Memory tip: Put a t in front of rail: t + rail. A forest trail runs through the trees like a rail line.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. blaze a trail: To be the first to do something new that others follow. Example: "Kalpana Chawla blazed a trail for Indian women in space."
  2. hot on the trail: Close to finding someone or something. Example: "The police were hot on the trail of the thief."

Usage Examples

Example 1: We followed a narrow trail up the hill to the waterfall.

Example 2: The snail left a shiny trail across the leaf.

Example 3: Muddy paw prints made a trail into the kitchen.

Fun Fact

The white trail behind a high-flying jet forms when water vapour in the hot engine exhaust freezes into ice crystals in the cold air.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: trail

a) path
b) peak
c) river
d) wall

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a) path. A trail is a path, often a rough one through hills or woods.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) adventure
b) wilderness
c) expedition
d) trale

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d) trale. This word spells its long a with ai, just like the rail of a railway.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

trrail

a) a
b) t
c) l
d) r

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d) r. Trail has a single r, the one you hear in rail.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word is a near look-alike of trail but means a test?

a) tail
b) trial
c) trait
d) train

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b) trial

2. A person who blazes a trail ____.

a) gets lost in the hills
b) does something new that others later follow
c) walks very slowly
d) sets fire to a forest

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b) does something new that others later follow

Associated Words

collateralconventionintermissionarticleintricate
curfewcomparisondiscrepancydiabolicbribery

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