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Spell Bee Word: Turtle


What does turtle mean?

Word: Turtle

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Turtle means an animal with a hard shell on its back. Many turtles live in the sea, and they come on land to lay eggs.

How do you spell turtle?

Syllables: tur - tle

Tricky part: The word ends in le, as in table and purple. Writing el or il at the end is the usual slip.

Watch out for: turtil, turtul, turtal

Memory tip: Picture a turtle on a table. Both words finish the same way: l, then e.

Turtle in a sentence

Example 1: The turtle swam slowly to the shore.

Example 2: A baby turtle is called a hatchling.

Example 3: The turtle pulled its head inside its shell.

Fun Fact

Olive ridley turtles come in very large numbers to some beaches in Odisha to lay their eggs.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) tertle
b) tirtle
c) tortle
d) turtle

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d) turtle. The first part is tur, spelt with u and r as in turn.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

etrult

a) tutrle
b) turtle
c) trutle
d) rtutle

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b) turtle. The shelled animal of the sea hides in these six letters.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The old turttle crawled slowly down to the sea.

a) crawled
b) old
c) turttle
d) sea

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c) turttle. Turtle has one t in each beat, tur and tle, never two together.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animal is a close cousin of the turtle?

a) a snail
b) a tortoise
c) a frog
d) a crab

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b) a tortoise

2. What does a sea turtle use to swim?

a) webbed toes
b) a long tail
c) fins
d) flippers

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d) flippers

Associated Words

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