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Spell Bee Word: Khaki


What does khaki mean?

Word: Khaki

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Khaki means a dull yellowish-brown colour, or a strong cloth of this colour.

How do you spell khaki?

Syllables: kha - ki

Tricky part: Many children hear only k at the start and drop the h, or let it slip behind the a. It belongs straight after the first k.

Watch out for: kahki, kakhi

Memory tip: Begin it exactly as you begin the name Khan, with the k and the h side by side.

Khaki in a sentence

Example 1: My brother's scout uniform has khaki shorts with deep pockets.

Example 2: The walls of the old railway office are painted khaki.

Example 3: Grandfather still wears the khaki hat he bought for a trek in Sikkim.

Fun Fact

This is one of many English words with Indian roots: it comes from an Urdu word that means dust-coloured.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

hikak

a) kayak
b) kiosk
c) knack
d) khaki

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d) khaki. Just one option has the h you can see in the jumble.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

khaaki

a) h
b) i
c) a
d) k

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c) a. However long you hold the sound, khaki has a lone a.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The forest rangers wore khakee shirts and sturdy boots in the hot sun.

a) khakee
b) rangers
c) sturdy
d) boots

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a) khakee. The second vowel sound is spelt with a plain i.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) turqoise
b) khaki
c) lavendar
d) burgandy

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b) khaki. Turquoise has a u after the q, lavender ends in er, and burgundy has a u before the n.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A khaki shirt is closest in shade to ____.

a) dry sand on a beach
b) ripe tomatoes in a basket
c) deep water in a lake
d) fresh snow on a peak

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a) dry sand on a beach

2. A shop window shows goods in khaki. What are they most likely to be?

a) cotton trousers
b) paper kites
c) steel spoons
d) glass marbles

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a) cotton trousers

Associated Words

More Class 4 Summer Spell Bee words starting with k: knowledge, kinship, kaleidoscope, kneecap

More words from this list

often, rectify, stable, vacant, ascend, complete, diving, genuine

Next steps

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