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Spell Bee Word: Lead


What does lead mean?

Word: Lead

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Lead means to go in front and show others the way, or to be in charge of a group.

Synonyms: guide, head

How do you spell lead?

Syllables: lead

Tricky part: The ee sound is spelt with two vowels side by side, as in read and bead. In the past tense the word becomes led, which has no a.

Watch out for: leed, leid, laed

Memory tip: Picture the two vowels as children walking in a line: e goes first and leads, and a follows behind.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. take the lead: To go ahead of the others, or to be the first to do something. Example: "In the relay race, Meera took the lead on the last lap."

Lead in a sentence

Example 1: Our captain will lead the march on Republic Day.

Example 2: This path leads to the temple on the hill.

Example 3: A guide led us through the caves at Ajanta.

Fun Fact

The grey core of a pencil is called lead, but it is really graphite mixed with clay. Pencils have used graphite rather than the metal lead for hundreds of years.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

lead

a) command
b) rule
c) follow
d) direct

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c) follow. If you lead, you go in front; the others come behind you.

Word Makeup

Choose the correct suffix to make a new word:

lead

a) ur
b) er
c) ar
d) or

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b) er. Someone who leads is a leader, spelt with er.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our monitor will leade the line to the hall.

a) leade
b) line
c) monitor
d) hall

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a) leade. Nothing follows the d in lead: there is no e at the end.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) captin
b) guyde
c) teecher
d) lead

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d) lead. Guide has ui, captain ends in ain and teacher has ea; lead is spelt right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a line of ducklings crossing a road, who usually leads?

a) the smallest duckling
b) the mother duck in front
c) the last duckling
d) the duckling in the middle

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b) the mother duck in front

2. Who leads a cricket team on the field?

a) the captain
b) the groundsman
c) the umpire
d) the scorer

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a) the captain

Associated Words

freedomdecayfascinatingprincipalflood
echoexcitingflexibledifficultjunk

Next steps

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