What does know mean?
Word: Know
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Know means to have a fact or skill in your mind because you have learnt it, or to be familiar with a person or place.
Synonyms: recognise
Sounds like: no (the opposite of yes.)
How do you spell know?
Syllables: know
Tricky part: It starts with a silent k and sounds just like no, so both the k and the w must be written even though you hear neither.
Watch out for: kno, knaw, knoe
Memory tip: Knowledge starts with the same four letters. If you can spell know, you already have the first half of knowledge.
Idioms and Phrases
- know something like the back of your hand: To know something very well. Example: "Kabir knows the lanes near his school like the back of his hand."
Know in a sentence
Example 1: Do you know the answer to question five?
Example 2: I know all the words of our school song.
Example 3: We have known our neighbours since I was a baby.
Fun Fact
The past form of know is knew, and knew sounds exactly like new. So the silent k turns up again in yesterday's version of the word.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
know
a) forget
b) understand
c) guess
d) ignore
Show answer
b) understand. If you know something, you understand it.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) know
b) frend
c) tomorow
d) beleive
Show answer
a) know. Friend needs an i, believe puts the i before the e and tomorrow has two r's, so know is the only one spelt right.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
knowe
a) w
b) n
c) e
d) k
Show answer
c) e. Know stops at the w; nothing follows it.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Do you know the way to the new liberry?
a) way
b) new
c) know
d) liberry
Show answer
d) liberry. Library ends in rary; know is spelt right here.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If you know a poem by heart, you can ____.
a) only read it from a book
b) say it without the book
c) find it in the library
d) give it a new title
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b) say it without the book
2. You can hear the k when you say ____.
a) knit
b) knob
c) knee
d) kind
Show answer
d) kind
