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Spell Bee Word: Clap


What does clap mean?

Word: Clap

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Clap means to hit your hands together to make a sound, often to show you liked something.

How do you spell clap?

Syllables: clap

Tricky part: Clap ends with one p. The p doubles only in clapped and clapping.

Watch out for: clapp, clappe

Memory tip: One clap, one p: clap your hands once as you write the single p.

Clap in a sentence

Example 1: Clap along to the beat of the song.

Example 2: Everyone gave Meera a big clap after her poem.

Example 3: The baby claps when she sees her papa.

Fun Fact

A clap of thunder is the sound of air that lightning has heated very quickly.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) klap
b) clep
c) claap
d) clap

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d) clap. Clap starts with c and has just one a.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lpca

a) lacp
b) calp
c) aclp
d) clap

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d) clap. The p goes last.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

calap

a) c
b) l
c) p
d) a

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d) a. Clap has just one a.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

c_ap

a) t
b) n
c) l
d) w

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c) l. Clap starts with the cl of clock.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do people in a hall usually clap?

a) when it starts to rain
b) when a show ends well
c) when the lights go out
d) when someone sneezes

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b) when a show ends well

2. Which sound is most like a clap?

a) a sharp smack
b) a low growl
c) a long hum
d) a soft hiss

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a) a sharp smack

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with cl: cloth, climb, clever, cliff, cloud, climate

More words from this list

duck, glass, lemonade, pebble, scissors, tall, young, belt

Next steps

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