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Spell Bee Word: Lark


What does lark mean?

Word: Lark

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Lark means a small brown bird that sings sweetly, often while it flies high over open fields.

Synonyms: skylark, songbird

How do you spell lark?

Syllables: lark

Tricky part: The vowel in lark is a, the same as in car and star, never e. Lerk is a slip some children make.

Watch out for: lerk, lirk

Memory tip: Picture a lark perched on the roof of a car. The bird borrows the a of car.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. up with the lark: Out of bed very early in the morning. Example: "Dadi is always up with the lark to water her tulsi plant."

Lark in a sentence

Example 1: A lark sang high above the wheat field.

Example 2: The lark has brown feathers with dark streaks.

Example 3: We stood still so we would not scare the lark away.

Fun Fact

A skylark can keep singing while it hovers high in the air, so you may hear it long before you spot it.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) larck
b) garden
c) feather
d) basket

Show answer

a) larck. Lark finishes with a plain k, and no c comes before it.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We heard a lak singing above the hills.

a) lak
b) hills
c) heard
d) singing

Show answer

a) lak. Lark needs an r after the a, just as dark and bark do.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rkla

a) alrk
b) lakr
c) lrak
d) lark

Show answer

d) lark. Put the l first; the other three letters follow in the order you hear them.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A lark usually builds its nest ____.

a) in a tall tree
b) inside a burrow
c) under a roof
d) on the ground

Show answer

d) on the ground

2. Which animal is a bird, just like the lark?

a) a sparrow
b) a butterfly
c) a bat
d) a squirrel

Show answer

a) a sparrow

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with l: liquid, lily, little, listen, lonely, lemonade

More words from this list

parrot, sandwich, swing, wrong, beep, cheese, dove, gargle

Next steps

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