Add a Letter to Make a Word Using Context

Hi there, letter detective!

We have a letter thief among us!

Someone has been stealing letters and we’re going to try our hardest to work out which letters have been stolen.

Here is part of a word:

LEMO_

The last letter is missing!

What could it be?

Let’s put the word in a sentence to help us work out what it is.

A LEMO_ is a yellow fruit that is very sour.

Our thief stole the letter N!

So our complete word is LEMON.

A LEMON is a yellow fruit that is very sour.

When a word has had one or more of its letters removed, it’s called a partial word.

Let’s try another example now.

Which letter has been stolen from the partial word in this sentence?

The CIRCU_ is full of clowns and animals.

The missing letter is S and the complete word is CIRCUS.

In this activity, you will be a letter detective and work out the stolen letter in each partial word.

Psssstt!  Here’s a handy hint to help you reach superstar status: Go through the letters of the alphabet, trying each on the gap and saying each new word you create out loud.

Good luck letter detective!