Spell Bee Word: Lawn

What does lawn mean?

Word: Lawn

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Lawn means an area of short, neat grass in a garden or park.

How do you spell lawn?

Syllables: lawn

Tricky part: The aw in lawn is the same as in saw and paw. Children often try au or or instead.

Watch out for: laun, lown

Memory tip: The w in lawn looks like tips of grass poking up. Picture them growing right after the a.

Lawn in a sentence

Example 1: Grandma sits on the lawn every evening.

Example 2: Please keep off the wet lawn.

Example 3: We played cricket on the school lawn.

Fun Fact

Lawn comes from an old French word for wild, open land. Over time it came to mean the neat grass we keep today.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

wnla

a) lanw
b) alwn
c) lawn
d) lwan

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c) lawn. Say it: the l comes first and the n closes the word.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) garden
b) lawn
c) hedge
d) flowrs

Show answer

d) flowrs. Flowers has an e before the r; garden, lawn and hedge are spelt right.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our class sat on the lawn under a big shadey tree.

a) class
b) tree
c) shadey
d) lawn

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c) shadey. Shady drops the e of shade before the y.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which job keeps a lawn neat?

a) cutting the grass
b) washing the car
c) sweeping the roof
d) painting the walls

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a) cutting the grass

2. Where would you most often find a lawn?

a) under the sea
b) inside a fridge
c) in front of a house
d) on a school bus

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c) in front of a house

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with la: lampshade, large, lantern, lamb

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ozone, sail, steer, wealthy, bare, classify, enter, growl

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

Step 1: Visit the registration page and complete the registration with your desired subject.

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Step 3: After login, go to dashboard and click on Book slot/Take Exam

Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

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