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Spell Bee Word: Leadership


What does leadership mean?

Word: Leadership

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Leadership means the skill of guiding a group of people so that they work well together. It can also mean the job of being in charge of a group.

How do you spell leadership?

Syllables: lead - er - ship

Tricky part: The first part is said leed, so children often write it with ee or a single e. It needs ea.

Watch out for: leedership, ledership

Memory tip: A good leader leads a team, and the word team shows you the ea that comes after the l.

Leadership in a sentence

Example 1: Our house captain showed real leadership on sports day.

Example 2: Under Mrs Nair's leadership, the class planted twenty saplings.

Example 3: Leadership means listening to others, not just giving orders.

Fun Fact

Lead, the verb at the heart of leadership, comes from an Old English word that meant to guide or take someone along.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Riya showed good leadarship as the class monitor this term.

a) term
b) showed
c) leadarship
d) monitor

Show answer

c) leadarship. The middle part is said like the er of teacher and is spelt that way too.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

leaddership

a) s
b) l
c) a
d) d

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d) d. Only one d sits in the middle of leadership.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) leaderhip
b) leadershep
c) leadership
d) leaderchip

Show answer

c) leadership. The end needs sh and then i, as in the word for a large boat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is an act of leadership?

a) leaving all the work to others
b) sharing out the jobs in a fair way
c) sitting quietly at the very back
d) reading a book on your own

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b) sharing out the jobs in a fair way

2. During a class clean-up, which child shows leadership?

a) Ali, who waits for someone to tell him
b) Om, who quietly sweeps his own desk
c) Neha, who makes a plan for the group
d) Zoya, who stops to look at a book

Show answer

c) Neha, who makes a plan for the group

Associated Words

Words that end in -ship: spaceship, championship, friendship, ship, scholarship, internship

More words from this list

page, sandstorm, stiff, weed, baseball, classroom, escape, guest

Next steps

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