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Spell Bee Word: Volleyball


Basic Details

Word: Volleyball

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A team game where players hit a large ball over a high net with their hands, trying to make it land on the other side.

How to Spell Volleyball

Syllables: vol - ley - ball

Tricky part: There are two pairs of l's, one in volley and one in ball. The middle is ey, so vollyball is a common slip.

Watch out for: vollyball, voleyball, volleybal

Memory tip: Join volley and ball. A volley is a hit before the ball touches the ground, and both parts carry a double l.

Usage Examples

Example 1: We play volleyball on the beach in Goa.

Example 2: The volleyball net was too high for the little ones.

Example 3: Our school volleyball team won the district cup.

Fun Fact

William G. Morgan invented volleyball in 1895 in the USA. He first called it mintonette.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) vollyball
b) volleybal
c) volleyball
d) voleyball

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c) volleyball. Volley has ll and ey, and ball keeps its ll.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

v_ll_yball

a) a, e
b) o, e
c) o, a
d) o, i

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b) o, e. Say vol-ley: o first, then e.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

llaboyelvl

a) volleybaal
b) vollayball
c) volleyball
d) vollyeball

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c) volleyball. Four l's in all: two in volley, two in ball.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In volleyball, players hit the ball over ____.

a) a river
b) a net
c) a wall
d) a fence of wickets

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b) a net

2. Volleyball is mostly played with the ____.

a) hands
b) feet
c) stick
d) bat

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a) hands

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Next steps

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