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Spell Bee Word: Yellow


What does yellow mean?

Word: Yellow

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Yellow means the colour of a lemon, a sunflower or the yolk of an egg.

How do you spell yellow?

Syllables: yel - low

Tricky part: Yellow has a double l in the middle. Children often drop one of them.

Watch out for: yelow, yelo

Memory tip: Picture the two l's in yellow as two tall sunflowers standing side by side.

Yellow in a sentence

Example 1: Rani wore a yellow dress for Basant Panchami.

Example 2: Our school bus is bright yellow.

Example 3: I used yellow to colour the sun.

Fun Fact

Haldi, or turmeric, is the spice that makes dal and many curries yellow.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) yallow
b) yollow
c) yellow
d) yillow

Show answer

c) yellow. After the y comes an e, as in yes.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

red, orange, ____, green

a) purple
b) yellow
c) brown
d) pink

Show answer

b) yellow. In a rainbow, yellow comes after orange and before green.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

yellouw

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

Show answer

b) u. The word ends in ow, so the u has no place in it.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The little chick has soft yellow fethers.

a) chick
b) soft
c) yellow
d) fethers

Show answer

d) fethers. Feathers has ea in its first part, as in bread.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which fruit is yellow when it is ripe?

a) a black grape
b) a pomegranate
c) a banana
d) a strawberry

Show answer

c) a banana

2. Yellow and blue paint mixed together make ____.

a) white
b) green
c) black
d) red

Show answer

b) green

Associated Words

Words that end in -low: blow, bungalow, below

More words from this list

believe, chilli, dream, gentleman, laugh, party, Saturday, switch

Next steps

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