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Spell Bee Word: Desk


What does desk mean?

Word: Desk

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Desk means a table where you sit to read, write or work. At school, each child may have a desk.

How do you spell desk?

Syllables: desk

Tricky part: The k sound at the end of desk is a plain k. Children often write desc or desck.

Watch out for: desc, desck

Memory tip: Desk ends with a plain k, just as ask and task do.

Desk in a sentence

Example 1: I keep my books inside my desk.

Example 2: Ravi shares a desk with Arjun.

Example 3: There is a lamp on the teacher's desk.

Fun Fact

Some old school desks had a small hole on top to hold a pot of ink for dipping pens.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) dask
b) school
c) pencil
d) eraser

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a) dask. The vowel in desk is e, the same as in bed.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

dessk

a) s
b) e
c) d
d) k

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a) s. Desk needs only one s before the k.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

kesd

a) dsek
b) sedk
c) edsk
d) desk

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d) desk. Find the d that starts it; the other letters follow in the order you hear them.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a desk mainly used for?

a) keeping food cold
b) hanging up clothes
c) sleeping at night
d) reading and writing

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d) reading and writing

2. A bed, a chair and a desk are all kinds of...

a) furniture
b) vehicles
c) clothing
d) stationery

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a) furniture

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with de: decorate, describe, define, December, deer, dentist

More words from this list

four, jumper, olive, rider, stem, watermelon, banana, cave

Next steps

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