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Spell Bee Word: Flight


What does flight mean?

Word: Flight

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Flight means a trip in an aeroplane. Flight can also mean the act of flying, like a bird in flight.

How do you spell flight?

Syllables: flight

Tricky part: The g and h in flight are silent, so they are easy to leave out or swap round.

Watch out for: fligt, flyght

Memory tip: Think of g and h as two quiet passengers on the flight: they are on board, but you never hear them.

Flight in a sentence

Example 1: Our flight to Chennai left at noon.

Example 2: We watched the geese in flight over the lake.

Example 3: The flight was late because of the rain.

Fun Fact

The Wright brothers made the first powered aeroplane flight in 1903. It lasted only about 12 seconds.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) flieght
b) fleight
c) flaight
d) flight

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d) flight. Flight has just an i before the gh, as in night.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

flighte

a) t
b) e
c) g
d) f

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b) e. There is no e after the t in flight.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

glifth

a) flight
b) flihgt
c) filght
d) fligth

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a) flight. Unscrambled, the letters name a trip in an aeroplane.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who flies the plane on a flight?

a) the driver
b) the cook
c) the guard
d) the pilot

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d) the pilot

2. Where do people get on a flight?

a) at a harbour
b) at a bus stand
c) at an airport
d) at a railway station

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c) at an airport

Associated Words

grapeblindripplemerrydancer
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Next steps

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