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Spell Bee Word: Lion


What does lion mean?

Word: Lion

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Lion means a large wild cat with golden fur. The male has a thick mane of hair around his head.

How do you spell lion?

Syllables: li - on

Tricky part: The i comes before the o. Swap them and you get loin, which is a different word.

Watch out for: lione, lyion

Memory tip: Lion starts like little: an l, then an i. Keep that i in second place.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. the lion's share: The biggest part of something. Example: "My brother took the lion's share of the popcorn."

Lion in a sentence

Example 1: The lion rested in the shade of a tree.

Example 2: We saw three lions at Gir.

Example 3: A lion sleeps for many hours in the day.

Fun Fact

Wild Asiatic lions live in and around the Gir forest in Gujarat.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Select the feminine form of the word:

lion

a) lionice
b) lionette
c) tigress
d) lioness

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d) lioness. A female lion is a lioness: lion plus ess.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) giraffe
b) cheetah
c) lioun
d) leopard

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c) lioun. Lion has no u: after the o comes the n.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

liyon

a) y
b) i
c) o
d) l

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a) y. We may hear a y sound between i and o, but lion has no y.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The lion yawned and showed its sharp teath.

a) yawned
b) showed
c) sharp
d) teath

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d) teath. Teeth is spelt with ee, like feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound does a lion make?

a) a quack
b) a roar
c) a hiss
d) a bark

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b) a roar

2. A baby lion is called a ____.

a) calf
b) cub
c) kitten
d) puppy

Show answer

b) cub

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with l: lunch, lamp, loud, lean, laugh, lonely

More words from this list

pigeon, scream, tea, above, bike, clap, duck, glass

Next steps

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