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Spell Bee Word: Knead


What does knead mean?

Word: Knead

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Knead means to work dough or clay with your hands, folding and pushing it until it is soft and smooth.

Synonyms: work, massage

Sounds like: need (to have to have something, as in I need a new pencil)

How do you spell knead?

Syllables: knead

Tricky part: It sounds exactly like need, but the long e sound is spelt ea, as in bead.

Watch out for: knede, kneid

Memory tip: Knead the dough, then eat the bread: knead has the same ea as eat.

Knead in a sentence

Example 1: Nani kneads the atta every morning to make chapatis.

Example 2: Knead the clay well before you shape the pot.

Example 3: Bakers knead bread dough for about ten minutes.

Fun Fact

Kneading stretches the gluten in wheat flour, and that is what makes roti and bread dough soft and stretchy.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) dough
b) bake
c) nead
d) flour

Show answer

c) nead. A silent k comes before the n in knead.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

kneade

a) d
b) e
c) a
d) n

Show answer

b) e. Knead stops at the d; nothing comes after it.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: knead

a) pour
b) slice
c) press
d) boil

Show answer

c) press. When you knead dough you press and fold it again and again.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Amma showed me how to knead the dough until it was smoth.

a) dough
b) knead
c) smoth
d) showed

Show answer

c) smoth. Smooth has a double o; knead is spelt right here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nani can knead all of these EXCEPT ____.

a) potter's clay
b) a boiled egg
c) bread dough
d) atta for rotis

Show answer

b) a boiled egg

2. Which job needs kneading first?

a) boiling an egg
b) shaping a pizza base
c) peeling an orange
d) pouring a glass of milk

Show answer

b) shaping a pizza base

Associated Words

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