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Spell Bee Word: Lad


What does lad mean?

Word: Lad

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Lad means a boy or a young man. In everyday British English it is also a friendly word for a man of any age, as in 'the lads at the cricket club'.

Synonyms: boy, youngster, youth

How do you spell lad?

Syllables: lad

Tricky part: It is just three letters with a short a, so do not stretch it to laad.

Watch out for: laad, lahd

Memory tip: Say lad with a short, sharp a, the same a you hear at the start of apple.

Lad in a sentence

Example 1: The lad from the next village won the football match.

Example 2: Grandpa still calls my father a clever lad.

Example 3: The shopkeeper sent a lad to carry our bags home.

Fun Fact

Lad has been used in English for about seven hundred years; old writings from around 1300 spell it ladde.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the feminine form of the word:

lad

a) lass
b) ladess
c) niece
d) lady

Show answer

a) lass. A lass is a girl or young woman, the partner word of lad.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) lad
b) nephew
c) cuzzin
d) youth

Show answer

c) cuzzin. Cousin is spelt with ou and a single s.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The young ladd carried the heavy sacks of rice to the village market.

a) heavy
b) young
c) ladd
d) market

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c) ladd. Short words like lad, bad and sad end in a single d.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sentence uses lad correctly?

a) Please lad the empty bottles into the crate.
b) My aunt is a kind lad who teaches us music.
c) The lad next door helped us find our lost cat.
d) The milk turned lad in the hot afternoon sun.

Show answer

c) The lad next door helped us find our lost cat.

2. A stable lad looks after which animals?

a) goats
b) ducks
c) horses
d) hens

Show answer

c) horses

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: boy

More words from this list

paradox, renewable, strong, vivid, athletics, conscious, dune, goldsmith

Next steps

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