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Spell Bee Word: Buzzard


What does buzzard mean?

Word: Buzzard

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Buzzard means a large bird of prey with broad wings that circles high in the sky, looking for food on the ground.

How do you spell buzzard?

Syllables: buz - zard

Tricky part: The end sounds like erd, but it is spelt ard.

Watch out for: buzzerd, buzzurd

Memory tip: Buzzard and lizard end with the same three letters, ard. Picture a buzzard looking down at a lizard on a rock.

Buzzard in a sentence

Example 1: A buzzard circled above the field.

Example 2: The buzzard landed on a tall pole.

Example 3: We spotted a buzzard through Papa's binoculars.

Fun Fact

In America many people call vultures buzzards, but in Britain the name means a kind of hawk.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) pekock
b) buzzard
c) vultur
d) pelikan

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b) buzzard. A vulture needs ure at the end, a pelican has a c and a peacock starts with pea.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

dzuzbar

a) bzzuard
b) buzzard
c) bzuzard
d) zbuzard

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b) buzzard. Its last three letters match the end of lizard; sound out the rest.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

buzzarde

a) e
b) z
c) d
d) a

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a) e. Nothing comes after the d at the end of buzzard.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

b_z_ard

a) o, z
b) u, z
c) a, z
d) u, s

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b) u, z. The bird's name begins with buzz, the noise a bee makes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A buzzard belongs to the same group of birds as ____.

a) a parrot
b) a sparrow
c) a pigeon
d) an eagle

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d) an eagle

2. Buzzards have sharp ____ for catching their food.

a) teeth
b) fins
c) horns
d) claws

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d) claws

Associated Words

Words that end in -ard: discard, blackboard, clipboard, cardboard, keyboard, inward

More words from this list

countable, exciting, happiness, lettuce, palace, sadness, thankful, alley

Next steps

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