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Spell Bee Word: Band


What does band mean?

Word: Band

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Band means a group of people who play music together. A band is also a thin strip, like a rubber band or a hair band.

How do you spell band?

Syllables: band

Tricky part: If the last letter is dropped, you get a different word, ban. Band needs its d at the end.

Watch out for: bannd, bandd

Memory tip: Without its d, band turns into ban: keep the d and the music keeps playing.

Band in a sentence

Example 1: The school band played at the Republic Day parade.

Example 2: Priya ties her hair with a pink band.

Example 3: Papa put a rubber band around the cards.

Fun Fact

Military bands play at the Beating Retreat ceremony in New Delhi every January, at the end of the Republic Day celebrations.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) bande
b) baand
c) bhand
d) band

Show answer

d) band. Band is short and plain: no doubled letter, no h and no e on the end.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

ba_d

a) n
b) m
c) p
d) g

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a) n. Only n gives a real word here, the n of band.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nadb

a) badn
b) bnad
c) band
d) dabn

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c) band. Begin with b and end with the letter you hear last when you say band.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The band played a lovly tune at the fair.

a) band
b) played
c) lovly
d) tune

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c) lovly. Lovely keeps the e of love before the ly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a rubber band do?

a) holds things together
b) keeps the rain off
c) keeps food cold
d) makes paper shine

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a) holds things together

2. Who would you expect to see in a school band?

a) a doctor
b) a cook
c) a drummer
d) a driver

Show answer

c) a drummer

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ba: barge, bark, baa, bamboo, badger, bake

More words from this list

caw, describe, forgive, July, oak, riddle, stand, warm

Next steps

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