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Spell Bee Word: Knee


What does knee mean?

Word: Knee

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Knee means the joint in the middle of your leg, where it bends.

How do you spell knee?

Syllables: knee

Tricky part: The k at the start is silent: you write it, but you never say it.

Watch out for: gnee, cnee

Memory tip: Knee keeps a silent k, like knife, knock and know.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. weak at the knees: Feeling shaky because you are nervous or very excited. Example: "I went weak at the knees before my first stage show."

Knee in a sentence

Example 1: I rested my chin on my knee.

Example 2: Bend your knees and jump.

Example 3: Mum sewed a patch on the knee of my jeans.

Fun Fact

The bone at the front of the knee is the kneecap. Babies are born with kneecaps of soft cartilage that turn into bone as they grow.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) knie
b) kney
c) knee
d) knea

Show answer

c) knee. Knee ends in a double e.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

k_ee

a) n
b) s
c) m
d) r

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a) n. Put n in the gap and you get knee, the joint in the middle of your leg.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

hip, ____, ankle, toes

a) elbow
b) knee
c) neck
d) wrist

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b) knee. Going down the leg from the hip, you reach the knee, then the ankle and the toes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of your leg is just above your knee?

a) your ankle
b) your toes
c) your heel
d) your thigh

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d) your thigh

2. What do cricket batters wear to protect their knees?

a) pads
b) helmets
c) caps
d) gloves

Show answer

a) pads

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with k: kitchen, kite, kettle, keep, kind, king

More words from this list

panther, salad, summer, wolf, bear, check, dolphin, fumble

Next steps

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