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Spell Bee Word: Lobster


What does lobster mean?

Word: Lobster

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Lobster means a sea animal with a hard shell, two big front claws, long feelers and a long tail.

How do you spell lobster?

Syllables: lob - ster

Tricky part: The ending is said quickly, almost like -stuh, but it is spelt -ster, as in sister.

Watch out for: lobstre, lobester, lobsta

Memory tip: A lobster looks like a little sea monster, and lobster and monster end with the same four letters: -ster.

Lobster in a sentence

Example 1: We saw a lobster with huge claws at the fish market in Kochi.

Example 2: The lobster crawled slowly along the sea floor.

Example 3: A lobster hides under rocks during the day.

Fun Fact

Lobster blood has copper in it instead of iron, so it looks bluish rather than red.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) dolphin
b) lopster
c) turtle
d) starfish

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b) lopster. Say it slowly: the sound in the middle is a soft b, not a p.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

prawn, ____, dolphin, whale

a) bee
b) lobster
c) ant
d) ladybird

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b) lobster. Each sea animal is bigger than the one before: a lobster is bigger than a prawn but much smaller than a dolphin.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

l_bster

a) o
b) u
c) a
d) e

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a) o. The vowel after the l is o, as in hot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a lobster's hard shell mainly for?

a) keeping its soft body safe
b) making it look bright
c) helping it float up
d) keeping its body warm

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a) keeping its soft body safe

2. When a lobster is cooked, its dark blue-green shell turns ____.

a) bright red
b) pure white
c) jet black
d) pale grey

Show answer

a) bright red

Associated Words

Words that end in -ter: granddaughter, laughter, shelter, daughter, sweater, water

More words from this list

peak, seahorse, submarine, within, birthday, confetti, eyelash, happy

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