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Spell Bee Word: Unable


What does unable mean?

Word: Unable

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Unable means not able to do something. If you are unable to come, you cannot come.

Antonyms: able

How do you spell unable?

Syllables: un - a - ble

Tricky part: Children who spell the end by sound often swap the l and the e and write unabel. The end is ble, as in table.

Watch out for: unabul, unabble, anable

Memory tip: Think of a table: unable ends with the same three letters, b, l, e.

Unable in a sentence

Example 1: Riya was unable to find her other shoe.

Example 2: The bird was unable to fly with a hurt wing.

Example 3: I was unable to sleep because of the thunder.

Fun Fact

The noun that goes with unable is inability, with in at the front, not unability.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) unible
b) uneble
c) unable
d) unaible

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c) unable. The vowel in the second beat is a, as in able.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

unable

a) incapable
b) unkind
c) untidy
d) unhappy

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a) incapable. Incapable and unable both say you cannot do something; the other three are about feelings or mess.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The puppy was unnable to climb the stairs.

a) unnable
b) puppy
c) climb
d) stairs

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a) unnable. Un has one n, and so does unable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Meena is unable to lift the box. The box is probably ____.

a) very light
b) too heavy
c) quite empty
d) made of paper

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b) too heavy

2. Riya was unable to finish her lunch. This means she ____.

a) finished it fast
b) ate it all up
c) could not finish it
d) shared it with me

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c) could not finish it

Associated Words

skynaturalforkstraydonkey
skirtdairypeacockcrownchocolate

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