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Spell Bee Word: Herd


What does herd mean?

Word: Herd

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Herd means a large number of animals of one kind, such as cows or elephants, that live and move about together.

Sounds like: heard (the past form of hear)

How do you spell herd?

Syllables: herd

Tricky part: Heard, with an a, sounds exactly the same, so children often slip an a in by mistake.

Watch out for: heerd, herde

Memory tip: A herd stays out in the field, not in your ear, so leave the ear out of it.

Herd in a sentence

Example 1: A herd of elephants crossed the road near Kaziranga.

Example 2: The herd of cows walked slowly back to the village in the evening.

Example 3: We watched a herd of zebras grazing on a wildlife programme.

Fun Fact

Long ago, herd could also mean a person who looks after animals, and that is where shepherd, a sheep herd, comes from.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) hurd
b) valley
c) meadow
d) forest

Show answer

a) hurd. The ur sound in this word is spelt er, as in her.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

herd

a) pasture
b) stable
c) group
d) field

Show answer

c) group. A group is a number of animals or people together.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The herd of deer stopped to drink from the cool mountain streem.

a) deer
b) herd
c) mountain
d) streem

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d) streem. Stream is written with ea in the middle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a herd?

a) a single goat in a shed
b) forty buffaloes grazing together
c) a pair of crows in a nest
d) one cat asleep on a mat

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b) forty buffaloes grazing together

2. Why do many animals stay close together in a herd?

a) it helps them to fly higher
b) it helps to keep them safe
c) it makes them grow taller
d) it keeps their fur dry

Show answer

b) it helps to keep them safe

Associated Words

More Class 3 Summer Spell Bee words starting with h: huntress, headache, household, hover, habitat, harsh

More words from this list

lone, peahen, scrub, toothless, angle, calendar, creep, expert

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