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How do you spell whale?

whale

W-H-A-L-E

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In your language

Русский

кит

Español

ballena

العربية

حوت

Word facts

Letters
5 →
First letter
W →
Packs
Animals · Under the sea · Earth Day
Plural
whales

Example sentences

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  • This is a whale.

  • I can see a whale.

Word forms

One and many

one whale — two whales

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Rhyming words

snailtail

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Also in:Under the seaEarth Day

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Phonics family

Use it in class

  • I spySpread the picture cards around the room and say “I spy with my little eye something beginning with W!” The first child to point at the whale card and name it spies next.
  • Move like itCall “whale!” and everyone moves and sounds like it around the room until you say “Freeze!”
  • Kim's gameLay out five picture cards, the whale card among them. Children close their eyes, you take one away and ask “What's missing?” If it's this one, they call out “whale!”

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Questions and answers

How do you spell whale?
W-H-A-L-E. Whale has 5 letters and starts with W.
What is whale in Russian, Spanish and Arabic?
In Russian: кит. In Spanish: ballena. In Arabic: حوت.
What is the plural of whale?
Whales: one whale, two whales.
What rhymes with whale?
Words that rhyme with whale: snail, tail.