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Spell Bee Word: Waterfall


What does waterfall mean?

Word: Waterfall

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Waterfall means a place where a river or stream drops over a cliff or steep rocks.

How do you spell waterfall?

Syllables: wa - ter - fall

Tricky part: It is written as one word, with no space or hyphen, even though you can hear two words in it.

Watch out for: waterfal, watarfall, watefall

Memory tip: Picture the river tumbling down a cliff without a break: there is no gap in the word either.

Waterfall in a sentence

Example 1: The waterfall was hidden behind tall trees.

Example 2: Our class trip was to a waterfall in the Western Ghats.

Example 3: The monkeys sat on the rocks near the waterfall.

Fun Fact

The highest waterfall in the world is in Venezuela, where the water drops about 979 metres.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) waturfall
b) waterfall
c) watterfall
d) wotterfall

Show answer

b) waterfall. Water has a single t and an a after the w.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

waterf_l_

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

Show answer

b) a, l. Fall ends in ll, and its vowel is a.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) mountian
b) rivar
c) jungel
d) waterfall

Show answer

d) waterfall. River ends in er, mountain has ai, and jungle ends in le.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We heard the waterfall long before we could see it through the thik trees.

a) trees
b) thik
c) waterfall
d) heard

Show answer

b) thik. Thick ends in ck.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would you most likely hear near a big waterfall?

a) a soft ticking
b) a sharp whistle
c) a quiet hum
d) a loud rushing roar

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d) a loud rushing roar

2. Where would you most likely find a waterfall?

a) inside a school hall
b) on a busy city road
c) among steep rocky hills
d) in a flat sandy desert

Show answer

c) among steep rocky hills

Associated Words

domesticfabulousprobableluxuryblackboard
eliminateknoteyeglassesglitterperfect

Next steps

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