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Spell Bee Word: Duck


What does duck mean?

Word: Duck

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Duck means a water bird with a flat beak and short legs. The word is also used for the female of this bird.

How do you spell duck?

Syllables: duck

Tricky part: The k sound at the end of duck is spelt ck, as in many short words after a short vowel.

Watch out for: duk, duc

Memory tip: A duck says quack, and both words end with the same two letters.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. like water off a duck's back: having no effect on someone Example: "Mum's warnings about sweets were like water off a duck's back for my brother."

Duck in a sentence

Example 1: A white duck walked across the farmyard.

Example 2: Ducks dip their heads under water to look for food.

Example 3: The duck sat on her eggs for weeks.

Fun Fact

A duck's feathers stay waterproof thanks to oil from a gland near its tail, which it spreads while preening.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Select the masculine form of the word:

duck

a) rooster
b) drake
c) gander
d) stag

Show answer

b) drake. A male duck is called a drake.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

dauck

a) u
b) a
c) c
d) d

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b) a. Duck has just one vowel, the u.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) pecock
b) swan
c) duck
d) hen

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a) pecock. Peacock has ea in its first beat, as in pea.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our duck likes to rest in the shaed of the tree.

a) tree
b) shaed
c) duck
d) rest

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b) shaed. Shade has its e at the very end.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ducks are often seen swimming in ____.

a) a sandpit
b) a desert
c) a dry field
d) a pond

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d) a pond

2. How does a duck move on land?

a) it slithers
b) it gallops
c) it hops
d) it waddles

Show answer

d) it waddles

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with d: destroy, decorate, door, daily, dawn, draw

More words from this list

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

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