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Spell Bee Word: Caw


What does caw mean?

Word: Caw

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Caw means the loud, rough sound a crow makes. To caw is to make that sound.

Sounds like: core (the hard middle part of an apple, where the seeds are)

How do you spell caw?

Syllables: caw

Tricky part: The vowel sound is spelt aw, as in saw and paw, not au.

Watch out for: cau, caaw

Memory tip: Saw, paw and jaw all hold the same aw that a crow shouts in caw.

Caw in a sentence

Example 1: The crow on the wall gave a loud caw.

Example 2: We woke up to the caw of crows outside.

Example 3: I heard a caw from the neem tree.

Fun Fact

Caw is a word made to copy the call it names, in the same way as hiss and buzz copy their sounds.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) parrot
b) sparrow
c) peacock
d) kaw

Show answer

d) kaw. Caw takes the c of crow, not a k.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

wca

a) caw
b) cwa
c) awc
d) acw

Show answer

a) caw. The a and the w stay together at the end.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

cawk

a) k
b) a
c) c
d) w

Show answer

a) k. Hawk ends in k, but a crow's caw stops at the w.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Caw is a sound word. Which of these is another sound word?

a) moo
b) mop
c) mug
d) mat

Show answer

a) moo

2. Which word rhymes with caw?

a) draw
b) cut
c) car
d) cow

Show answer

a) draw

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ca: camel, careless, calm, carry, catch, cage

More words from this list

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

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