Spell Bee Word: Clock

What does clock mean?

Word: Clock

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Clock means a machine that shows the time. Many clocks hang on a wall or stand on a table.

How do you spell clock?

Syllables: clock

Tricky part: It ends in ck. Children often write clok.

Watch out for: clok, clokc

Memory tip: A clock goes tick-tock, and tick, tock and clock all end in ck.

Idioms and Phrases

1. round the clock: All day and all night, without stopping. Example: "Doctors in the hospital work round the clock."

Clock in a sentence

Example 1: The clock in our classroom shows ten o'clock.

Example 2: The big clock on the tower struck twelve.

Example 3: Dada winds the old clock with a key.

Fun Fact

O'clock is a short way of saying of the clock.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) klock
b) clouck
c) clock
d) cloack

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lccok

a) oclck
b) colck
c) clcok
d) clock

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

colock

a) c
b) o
c) l
d) k

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which hand of a clock moves the fastest?

a) the second hand
b) the hour hand
c) the short hand
d) the minute hand

2. A clock that rings to wake you up is an ____ clock.

a) alert
b) awake
c) alarm
d) early