What does click mean?
Word: Click
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Click means to make a short, sharp sound. On a computer, to click is to press a button on the mouse.
How do you spell click?
Syllables: click
Tricky part: Click starts with c, like clap and clock. At the end you hear only one k sound, but it is written with two letters, c and k, side by side.
Watch out for: clik, clic
Memory tip: One tap of the mouse, two letters at the end: c and then k.
Click in a sentence
Example 1: I heard the lock click when Papa shut the door.
Example 2: Click on the star to see your score.
Example 3: Meena can click her fingers in time to the song.
Fun Fact
Click is an echo word: it was made to copy the noise it names, like buzz and hiss. People used it for a sharp little sound long before computers.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) click
b) cliek
c) cleck
d) clyck
Show answer
a) click. The vowel in click is a short i, the same as in pin and sit.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Click on the elefant to hear it trumpet.
a) hear
b) Click
c) elefant
d) trumpet
Show answer
c) elefant. Elephant is spelt with ph for the f sound, as in phone; click is spelt right.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
kclci
a) click
b) cilck
c) lcick
d) iclck
Show answer
a) click. All four end the same way, so read the fronts aloud and pick the one you can say.
Word Chain
Complete the word sequence:
hold the mouse, point at the game, ____, play
a) climb
b) click
c) sweep
d) sleep
Show answer
b) click. You point at the game and then click on it before you can play.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these makes a click sound?
a) a cow eating grass
b) a seat belt fastening
c) a flower opening
d) a cloud drifting by
Show answer
b) a seat belt fastening
2. Which sentence uses click correctly?
a) The camera went click as Asha took a photo.
b) The cow will click the green grass.
c) We click our soup with a big spoon.
d) Please click the milk into the glass.
Show answer
a) The camera went click as Asha took a photo.
