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Spell Bee Word: Crane


What does crane mean?

Word: Crane

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Crane means a tall bird with long legs, a long neck and a long beak that lives near water. A crane is also a tall machine that lifts heavy things.

How do you spell crane?

Syllables: crane

Tricky part: It starts with a k sound, but the letter is c. Children often write krane.

Watch out for: krane, kraen

Memory tip: Cat and cow start with the same hard sound as this bird, and they use a c too.

Crane in a sentence

Example 1: A crane waded slowly through the shallow water.

Example 2: We saw a crane lifting steel bars at the building site.

Example 3: The crane caught a small fish with its beak.

Fun Fact

The sarus crane, found in India, is often called the tallest flying bird in the world.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) eagle
b) crane
c) parrot
d) swalow

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d) swalow. The bird called a swallow has a double l in the middle.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

c_ane

a) h
b) l
c) r
d) w

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c) r. Say the word: you hear cr at the start, as in cry.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

craane

a) n
b) c
c) a
d) e

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c) a. Only one a sits between the r and the n.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would you most likely see a crane looking for food?

a) in a dry desert
b) under the sea
c) in a wet marsh
d) on an icy peak

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c) in a wet marsh

2. At a building site, what job does a crane do?

a) paints the walls
b) lifts heavy loads
c) lays the bricks
d) mixes the cement

Show answer

b) lifts heavy loads

Associated Words

Words that start with cra: crawl, crash, crayon

More words from this list

feather, heat, mixture, pretty, skate, tooth, amount, breeze

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