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Spell Bee Word: harvest


Basic Details

Word: Harvest

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The gathering of ripe crops from the fields, the season when this happens, or the crops gathered; as a verb, to gather crops.

Synonyms: crop, yield, reaping

How to Spell Harvest

Syllables: har - vest

Tricky part: The second part is vest, with an e. Students who hear the weak vowel often write harvist or harvast.

Watch out for: harvist, harvast, hervest

Memory tip: A farmer pulls off his vest to work in the hot sun at harvest time: har + vest.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The farmers hope for a good harvest after the heavy monsoon.

Example 2: We visited my grandparents' village during the sugarcane harvest.

Example 3: They harvest the mangoes before they become too soft.

Fun Fact

Many Indian festivals celebrate the harvest, such as Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Lohri in Punjab and Bihu in Assam.

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Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: harvest

a) yield
b) drought
c) sowing
d) fertiliser

Show answer

a) yield. The yield is the amount of crop gathered, which is what a harvest is.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

After the rains, the whole village helped to cut the rice harvist in October.

a) village
b) harvist
c) helped
d) October

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b) harvist. The word ends in vest, like the piece of clothing.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

vahrest

a) starve
b) harvest
c) thrive
d) shaver

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b) harvest. Starve and shaver are short of letters; only harvest uses all seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is part of a harvest?

a) cutting ripe wheat in the field
b) buying a new tractor
c) ploughing a dry field
d) sowing seeds in the soil

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a) cutting ripe wheat in the field

2. A good harvest means that ____.

a) no rain fell that year
b) the fields were left empty
c) the seeds did not sprout
d) a large crop was gathered

Show answer

d) a large crop was gathered

Associated Words

independentmournfulfundraiserpersonificationenormity
editionskinnyabnormalitypoultrydevout

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