What does knock mean?
Word: Knock
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Knock means to hit a door or another hard surface with your knuckles so it makes a sound, often to ask if you can come in.
Synonyms: rap, bang
How do you spell knock?
Syllables: knock
Tricky part: Two traps in one short word: a silent k at the front and ck at the end. Writers often keep only one of them.
Watch out for: nok, knoc, knocke
Memory tip: Your knuckles do the knocking. Knuckle and knock both begin with k-n, and in both words the k stays silent.
Idioms and Phrases
- knock someone's socks off: To amaze or impress someone a lot. Example: "Tara's dance at the annual day knocked our socks off."
Knock in a sentence
Example 1: Please knock before you enter the staff room.
Example 2: Someone knocked three times on our gate late at night.
Example 3: The milkman knocks at six every morning.
Fun Fact
Hundreds of years ago English speakers really did say the k in knock. It went quiet around the 1600s, but the spelling never changed.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) whisle
b) rinkle
c) gost
d) knock
Show answer
d) knock. Ghost, whistle and wrinkle hide silent letters too, and each has lost its own here; knock kept its silent k.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
knoock
a) o
b) c
c) k
d) n
Show answer
a) o. Knock has a single o, between the kn and the ck.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
knock
a) wave
b) pull
c) tap
d) lift
Show answer
c) tap. When you knock on a door, you tap on it with your knuckles.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Always knock before you enter the classroom during a lessun.
a) lessun
b) knock
c) enter
d) classroom
Show answer
a) lessun. Lesson ends in on; knock is spelt right here.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which word rhymes with knock?
a) neck
b) knack
c) clock
d) nook
Show answer
c) clock
2. In which sentence does knock mean to bump into something by accident?
a) I knocked my elbow on the table.
b) Please knock before you come in.
c) The guard knocked twice at the gate.
d) I knocked on Nani's door and waited.
Show answer
a) I knocked my elbow on the table.
