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Spell Bee Word: Lit


What does lit mean?

Word: Lit

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Lit means made a lamp, candle or fire start to burn or shine. It is the past form of light.

How do you spell lit?

Syllables: lit

Tricky part: Lit is the past of light, but it is much shorter: the g and the h of light drop out.

Watch out for: ligt, liht

Memory tip: Light and lit start the same and end the same. Only the middle shrinks, the way a candle shrinks once it is lit.

Lit in a sentence

Example 1: Dadi lit the diya before the puja.

Example 2: The room was lit by a big lamp.

Example 3: Mumma lit the gas stove to make tea.

Fun Fact

Both light and lit come from Old English, the English people spoke more than a thousand years ago.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Magic

Choose the correctly spelt magical word:

a) lit
b) litt

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a) lit. Litt doubles the last letter, and lit does not.

Rhyme Chime

Choose the word that rhymes with lit.

a) hit
b) hat

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a) hit. Hit and lit sound the same after the first letter. Hat sounds different in the middle.

Letter Treasure

Fill in the missing vowel:

l_t

a) i
b) u

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a) i. The short sound in the middle is the one you hear in milk, so i fills the gap.

Word Link Express

Continue the word chain:

doll ---> lit ---> ____

a) lip
b) top

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b) top. Lit ends with t and top starts with t. Lip starts with l, the first letter of lit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The lamp is lit. What is the room like now?

a) cold
b) bright
c) wet
d) dark

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b) bright

2. Which thing can be lit?

a) a shoe
b) a stone
c) a plate
d) a match

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d) a match

Associated Words

whysittapbinpug
hitmaymatshyfan

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

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