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Spell Bee Word: Kite


What does kite mean?

Word: Kite

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Kite means a light frame covered with paper or cloth that you fly high in the sky on a long string.

How do you spell kite?

Syllables: kite

Tricky part: A silent e sits at the end. You cannot hear it, but it changes how the word sounds.

Watch out for: kiet, kitee

Memory tip: Think of the silent e as the tail of the kite: it trails at the end and makes no sound.

Kite in a sentence

Example 1: My kite flew higher than the trees.

Example 2: We fly kites on the terrace at Uttarayan.

Example 3: The kite string got stuck on a pole.

Fun Fact

People in China were flying kites more than 2,000 years ago.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) kite
b) kaite
c) keite
d) kyte

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a) kite. The long i sound in kite is a plain i.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

ki_e

a) t
b) g
c) d
d) s

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a) t. With t in the gap, you get kite.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

ground, rooftop, ____, aeroplane

a) carpet
b) doormat
c) kite
d) puddle

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c) kite. Each thing is higher up than the last: a kite flies above the rooftop but far below an aeroplane.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My kite flew over the tall bilding.

a) kite
b) flew
c) tall
d) bilding

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d) bilding. Building has a u before the i: b-u-i-l-d.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which day is best for flying a kite?

a) a rainy day
b) a windy day
c) a still, hot day
d) a foggy night

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b) a windy day

2. Besides a toy, which of these is also called a kite?

a) a bird
b) an insect
c) a tree
d) a fish

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a) a bird

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with k: koala, keep, king, kick, knee

More words from this list

painter, safety, suggest, wipe, battery, chart, doe, frozen

Next steps

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