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Spell Bee Word: Lightning


Basic Details

Word: Lightning

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A sudden flash of bright light in the sky during a storm, caused by electricity jumping between clouds or down to the ground.

Synonyms: thunderbolt

Sounds like: lightening (making something lighter in weight or in colour, as in 'lightening a heavy bag'.)

How to Spell Lightning

Syllables: light - ning

Tricky part: There is no e after light. Lightening, with an e, is a different word that means making something lighter.

Watch out for: litning, lightneing, lightnning

Memory tip: Lightning is so fast there is no time to stop for an e: light, then ning, straight on.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. as quick as lightning: Very fast. Example: "The goalkeeper's hands moved as quick as lightning."

Usage Examples

Example 1: A flash of lightning lit up the whole sky.

Example 2: We counted the seconds between the lightning and the thunder.

Example 3: During a storm, stay away from tall trees because of lightning.

Fun Fact

Light travels far faster than sound, so you see lightning before you hear the thunder. Count the seconds between them and divide by three to get roughly how many kilometres away the storm is.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) thundor
b) lightning
c) stormey
d) cycloan

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b) lightning. Thunder ends in er, stormy has no e before the y, and cyclone ends in one.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ninghtilg

a) lighnting
b) lihgtning
c) lightning
d) lightinng

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c) lightning. Light comes first with g-h-t, then n-i-n-g.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The tall tree was struck by litning last night.

a) struck
b) tall
c) litning
d) night

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c) litning. The flash in the sky keeps the gh of light.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do you usually hear soon after lightning?

a) birdsong
b) an alarm clock
c) thunder
d) a doorbell

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c) thunder

2. Which spelling names the flash in a stormy sky?

a) lightening
b) lighting
c) lightning
d) lighten

Show answer

c) lightning

Associated Words

waterfallglacierjewelrycyclingsmart
gymnasticswealthyaquariumkeyboardbreathe

Next steps

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