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Spell Bee Word: Hear

Hear (verb): to take in sounds with your ears, like a bell ringing or a friend calling your name.


What does hear mean?

Word: Hear

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Hear means to take in sounds with your ears, like a bell ringing or a friend calling your name.

Sounds like: here (in this place, as in Come here)

How do you spell hear?

Syllables: hear

Tricky part: Children often mix up hear and here because they sound the same. The one about sound has an a in it.

Watch out for: haer, hearr

Memory tip: Think A for alarm: you hear an alarm, and the word about sound is the one with an a in it.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. you could hear a pin drop: It was completely quiet. Example: "When the principal walked in, you could hear a pin drop."

Hear in a sentence

Example 1: I can hear the kettle whistle in the kitchen.

Example 2: Please speak louder because Grandma cannot hear you.

Example 3: Did the class hear the bell for lunch?

Fun Fact

Dogs can hear some whistles that are pitched too high for people to hear at all.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) whisper
b) music
c) hiar
d) thunder

Show answer

c) hiar. Hear starts h-e, so an i has no place in it.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

hear

a) smell
b) listen
c) watch
d) speak

Show answer

b) listen. When you listen, you are trying to hear something.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Can you heare the rain on the roof?

a) rain
b) Can
c) heare
d) roof

Show answer

c) heare. Hear stops at the r; there is no e after it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. You can hear ____.

a) a full moon
b) a rainbow
c) a bird singing
d) a bright star

Show answer

c) a bird singing

2. In which sentence is hear the right word to use?

a) Hear is your bag.
b) Put the box down hear.
c) I can hear the drums.
d) Come and sit hear.

Show answer

c) I can hear the drums.

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with he: helmet, heel, help

More words from this list

lobster, seahorse, submarine, within, birthday, confetti, eyelash, happy

Next steps

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