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Spell Bee Word: Garland


What does garland mean?

Word: Garland

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Garland means a ring or string of flowers or leaves, worn round the neck or hung up as a decoration.

How do you spell garland?

Syllables: gar - land

Tricky part: The second part sounds like land and is spelt exactly like it. Children often write garlend or garlund.

Watch out for: garlend, garlund

Memory tip: Picture a garland lying on the land after a festival: land is hiding at the end of garland.

Garland in a sentence

Example 1: Nani made a garland of jasmine for her hair.

Example 2: The winner of the race got a garland of roses.

Example 3: We hung paper garlands across the classroom for the party.

Fun Fact

At many Indian weddings the bride and groom put garlands round each other's necks. This part of the wedding is called the jaimala or varmala.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) gharland
b) garland
c) gurland
d) gareland

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b) garland. Gharland adds an h, gareland adds an e, and gurland changes the a.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

seed, plant, flowers, ____

a) soil
b) root
c) rain
d) garland

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d) garland. A seed grows into a plant, the plant gives flowers, and the flowers are strung into a garland.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

garrland

a) g
b) r
c) d
d) l

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b) r. Garland has a single r after the a.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

dlangar

a) graland
b) agrland
c) garland
d) rgaland

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c) garland. Garland begins with gar, like the start of garden; only one choice has gar in front of land.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where might you hang a garland?

a) inside the fridge
b) under the bed
c) in your school bag
d) over the front door

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d) over the front door

2. Which flower is often strung into garlands in India?

a) marigold
b) thistle
c) cactus
d) dandelion

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a) marigold

Associated Words

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