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Spell Bee Word: Ladybird


What does ladybird mean?

Word: Ladybird

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Ladybird means a small round beetle that can fly, usually red or orange with black spots.

How do you spell ladybird?

Syllables: la - dy - bird

Tricky part: The ee sound in the middle is spelt with a y, not an i or ie. Children often write ladibird.

Watch out for: ladibird, ladiebird

Memory tip: A y sits in the middle like a little stalk the ladybird climbs.

Ladybird in a sentence

Example 1: A ladybird landed on Tara's sleeve and crawled up to her shoulder.

Example 2: We counted seven black spots on the ladybird in the garden.

Example 3: Gardeners are happy to see ladybirds on their rose bushes.

Fun Fact

Not every ladybird is red: some are yellow, orange, or even black with red spots.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Fusion

Add the correct option to the following to make a new word:

lady______

a) berd
b) bird
c) burd
d) bierd

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b) bird. The ending is spelt the same as the flying animal with feathers.

Jumble Tumble

Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form the name of an insect?

a) brydlaim
b) prydlaid
c) brydbaid
d) brydlaid

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d) brydlaid. Brydlaid makes ladybird; the others each have one stray letter.

Spell Spies

Choose the pair which has a spelling error:

a) butterfly : butterflies
b) ladybird : ladybirds
c) moth : moths
d) beetle : beetels

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d) beetle : beetels. Beetle simply adds an s, so its plural is beetles.

Spellacadabra

From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?

a) butterfly
b) caterpillar
c) laddybird
d) grasshopper

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c) laddybird. Only one d comes before the y.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are gardeners glad to see ladybirds?

a) they eat tiny insects
b) they keep birds away
c) they dig up weeds
d) they water the flowers

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a) they eat tiny insects

2. In American English, a ladybird is usually called a...

a) ladybug
b) firefly
c) dragonfly
d) bumblebee

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a) ladybug

Associated Words

More Class 3 Winter Spell Bee words starting with l: laundry, lentil, lawnmower, loosen

More words from this list

package, shrimp, sunburn, vocal, bathrobe, clinic, disease, floss

Next steps

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