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Spell Bee Word: Lemon


What does lemon mean?

Word: Lemon

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Lemon means a sour, juicy fruit with yellow or green skin. In Hindi it is called nimbu.

How do you spell lemon?

Syllables: lem - on

Tricky part: Lemon starts with l-e. Do not mix it up with melon, the big juicy fruit, which starts with m-e.

Watch out for: lemmun, limon

Memory tip: Lemon, lime and leaf: the sour yellow fruit starts with l, like the green things around it on the tree.

Lemon in a sentence

Example 1: Mummy squeezed a lemon over the poha.

Example 2: The lemon tasted so sour that I made a face.

Example 3: We grow a small lemon tree on our terrace.

Fun Fact

Lemon juice can be used as invisible ink. Write with it on paper, let it dry, and the words turn brown when an adult warms the paper.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) lemin
b) lemon
c) lemun
d) lemen

Show answer

b) lemon. The last two letters of lemon are o and n.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

lemmon

a) e
b) l
c) o
d) m

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d) m. Only one m sits in the middle of lemon.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

pea, cherry, ____, watermelon

a) lemon
b) raisin
c) peanut
d) lentil

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a) lemon. Each one is bigger than the one before. A lemon is bigger than a cherry but smaller than a watermelon.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Nani makes lemon pickel every summer.

a) Nani
b) lemon
c) pickel
d) summer

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c) pickel. Pickle ends in le, not el.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lemon juice is often squeezed over ____.

a) a bowl of ice cream
b) a plate of chaat
c) a glass of milk
d) a slice of cake

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b) a plate of chaat

2. Lemon juice tastes sour. Which of these tastes sour too?

a) sugar
b) honey
c) a ripe banana
d) tamarind

Show answer

d) tamarind

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with l: leaf, lotus, listen, lion, lunch, lamp

More words from this list

peacock, school, talk, yellow, believe, chilli, dream, gentleman

Next steps

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