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Spell Bee Word: Lake


What does lake mean?

Word: Lake

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Lake means a large area of water with land all around it.

How do you spell lake?

Syllables: lake

Tricky part: Lake ends in a silent e that you never hear. Children often leave it off.

Watch out for: lak, laek

Memory tip: The e at the end makes no sound, but it must be written: let it rest at the edge of the word like a boat tied up at the shore.

Lake in a sentence

Example 1: We went for a picnic by the lake.

Example 2: The lake was calm and still in the morning.

Example 3: Fish swim in the deep, cool lake.

Fun Fact

Loktak Lake in Manipur has floating islands of plants and soil called phumdis.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) lake
b) layke
c) laake
d) laike

Show answer

a) lake. The a in lake needs no helper letter beside it.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

puddle, pond, ____, sea

a) hill
b) drop
c) lake
d) cup

Show answer

c) lake. Each water body is bigger than the one before; a lake is bigger than a pond.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Ducks swim on the lacke near our house.

a) house
b) Ducks
c) lacke
d) swim

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c) lacke. Lake has a plain k before the silent e, with no c.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which bird would you most often see swimming on a lake?

a) a duck
b) a sparrow
c) a crow
d) a parrot

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a) a duck

2. In very cold places, what can happen to a lake in winter?

a) it can turn salty
b) it can turn into a river
c) it can freeze over
d) it can fill with sand

Show answer

c) it can freeze over

Associated Words

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More words from this list

paper, sand, swan, write, beautiful, cheer, door, future

Next steps

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