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Spell Bee Word: Leap

Leap (verb): to spring up into the air, or over something, with a big push of your legs.

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What does leap mean?

Word: Leap

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Leap means to spring up into the air, or over something, with a big push of your legs.

Synonyms: hop

How do you spell leap?

Syllables: leap

Tricky part: The long e sound is spelt with e and a side by side. Lepe is a slip some children make.

Watch out for: lepe, leepe

Memory tip: A frog can leap from leaf to leaf, and leap has the same e-a in the middle as leaf.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. look before you leap: Think carefully before you do something. Example: "Look before you leap and read all the rules first."

Leap in a sentence

Example 1: The frog will leap into the pond.

Example 2: Deer can leap over tall bushes.

Example 3: Watch me leap across the puddle.

Fun Fact

A leap year has 366 days, with an extra day, 29 February, added almost every four years.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

leap

a) stop
b) crawl
c) sit
d) jump

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d) jump. Leaping and jumping are the same action.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) stretch
b) leape
c) gallop
d) bounce

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b) leape. No e comes after the last letter of leap.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

lea_

a) p
b) g
c) b
d) m

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a) p. Only p makes a real word here: leap.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Watch the grasshoper leap over the stone.

a) Watch
b) grasshoper
c) leap
d) stone

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b) grasshoper. Grasshopper has a double p, as in hopping.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animal moves about by leaping?

a) a cow
b) a kangaroo
c) a hen
d) a duck

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b) a kangaroo

2. When would you need to leap?

a) to get over a wide puddle
b) to sit down on the grass
c) to roll a ball to a friend
d) to walk down the stairs

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a) to get over a wide puddle

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: hop

More words from this list

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