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Spell Bee Word: Tunnel


What does tunnel mean?

Word: Tunnel

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Tunnel means a long passage dug under the ground or through a hill, so that trains, cars or people can pass.

How do you spell tunnel?

Syllables: tun - nel

Tricky part: There are two n's in the middle. Many children write tunel with only one.

Watch out for: tunel, tunell

Memory tip: A tunnel has two open ends, and the word has two n's side by side in the middle.

Tunnel in a sentence

Example 1: The metro train zoomed into the tunnel.

Example 2: We built a sand tunnel at the beach.

Example 3: Rabbits dig tunnels to make their homes.

Fun Fact

The Channel Tunnel, opened in 1994, carries trains under the sea between England and France.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lnetnu

a) unntel
b) utnnel
c) tnnuel
d) tunnel

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d) tunnel. Start with the t; the word names a passage under a hill.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) tennel
b) tonnel
c) tannel
d) tunnel

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d) tunnel. The first vowel sounds like the u in sun.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our train rolled into a long tunnle under the hills.

a) rolled
b) hills
c) tunnle
d) train

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c) tunnle. This word ends in el, like camel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animal digs tunnels under the ground?

a) a parrot
b) a goat
c) a mole
d) a duck

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c) a mole

2. Why do engineers build a tunnel through a mountain?

a) to grow more trees
b) to keep the snow away
c) to let traffic pass through
d) to make the hill taller

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c) to let traffic pass through

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with t: travel, tractor, tram, tower, tremble, toboggan

More words from this list

appear, castle, double, goldfish, jackal, mountain, quilt, soil

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