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Spell Bee Word: Lamb

Lamb (noun): a young sheep, or the meat of a young sheep.

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What does lamb mean?

Word: Lamb

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Lamb means a young sheep, or the meat of a young sheep.

How do you spell lamb?

Syllables: lamb

Tricky part: The b at the end is silent, so students often leave it off, as they do in climb and comb.

Watch out for: lamm, lambe

Memory tip: Picture a lamb trying to climb a hill with a comb on its thumb. Lamb, climb, comb and thumb all end in a silent b.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. as gentle as a lamb: very gentle and calm Example: "Our big dog looks fierce but is as gentle as a lamb."

Lamb in a sentence

Example 1: The newborn lamb wobbled on its thin legs.

Example 2: The lamb stayed close to its mother all through the cold night.

Example 3: We saw a shepherd carry a lamb across a stream near Manali.

Fun Fact

Mary Had a Little Lamb was the first thing Thomas Edison recorded on his phonograph, in 1877.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) lamb
b) pastur
c) shephard
d) fleese

Show answer

a) lamb. Shepherd has e before rd, pasture ends in ure, and fleece ends in ce.

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) haystak
b) lambswool
c) barnyarde
d) farmyerd

Show answer

b) lambswool. Lamb, s and wool are written together as one word, while farmyard, haystack and barnyard each have a letter wrong here.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

lammb

a) m
b) l
c) a
d) b

Show answer

a) m. There is just one m before the silent b.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lamb, kid and calf all name ____.

a) kinds of wool
b) types of meat dish
c) young farm animals
d) farm buildings

Show answer

c) young farm animals

2. Which word has a silent b, as lamb does?

a) honest
b) debt
c) listen
d) knife

Show answer

b) debt

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with la: laughter, lantern, lazy, large, lawn

More words from this list

omelette, robin, stamp, waffle, bakery, chirp, grandson, kangaroo

Next steps

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