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Spell Bee Word: Horizon


What does horizon mean?

Word: Horizon

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Horizon means the line far away where the land or the sea seems to meet the sky.

Synonyms: skyline

How do you spell horizon?

Syllables: ho - ri - zon

Tricky part: The z sound is spelt with z, not s, and the ending is on, not en.

Watch out for: horizen, horison

Memory tip: The horizon is the far-off zone where sky meets land: the end of the word is zone without its e.

Horizon in a sentence

Example 1: The sun slowly sank below the horizon.

Example 2: From the top of the hill, the fields stretched all the way to the horizon.

Example 3: Dark clouds were gathering on the horizon.

Fun Fact

For a grown-up standing on a beach, the horizon is only about 5 kilometres away.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) mountain
b) sunrise
c) horrizon
d) sunset

Show answer

c) horrizon. Horizon has a single r, just like the hor in horse.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

zonihro

a) ohrizon
b) horizon
c) hiorzon
d) hroizon

Show answer

b) horizon. Start with hor, add i, then finish with zon.

Word Cookie

Fill in the missing letters to form a word:

h_r_zon

a) a, i
b) o, i
c) o, e
d) o, a

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b) o, i. It opens with ho, and the soft middle vowel is i.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We watched the boats sail towards the horizon until they disapeared.

a) watched
b) horizon
c) boats
d) disapeared

Show answer

d) disapeared. Disappeared has a double p; horizon is spelt right here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From a beach, which would you most likely see on the horizon?

a) the sand under you
b) your own shadow
c) a faraway ship
d) a crab near your feet

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c) a faraway ship

2. When you walk towards the horizon, it ____.

a) gets closer with each step
b) always stays far away
c) moves to your left
d) stops at the next town

Show answer

b) always stays far away

Associated Words

illegalbraverytoothpastewonderhurricane
displeasurecompeteimproveseparatecroissant

Next steps

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