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Spell Bee Word: Lone


What does lone mean?

Word: Lone

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Lone means being the only one in a place, with no others of its kind nearby.

Sounds like: loan (something, often money, that is borrowed and paid back)

How do you spell lone?

Syllables: lone

Tricky part: Lone sounds exactly like loan, which is something borrowed, so think about the meaning before you write.

Watch out for: loen, lowne

Memory tip: Lone uses the o of bone, not the oa of boat.

Lone in a sentence

Example 1: A lone cow was resting in the shade of the banyan tree.

Example 2: We spotted a lone boat far out on the lake.

Example 3: One lone star twinkled above the rooftops.

Fun Fact

Lone is a shortened form of alone, which itself grew out of the two words all one.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correct suffix to make a new word:

lone

a) lie
b) ly
c) lee
d) ley

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b) ly. This feeling word keeps the whole of lone and adds the same ending as lovely.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

lone

a) crowded
b) heavy
c) shiny
d) single

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d) single. A single tree and a lone tree both stand with no other tree beside them.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

lonne

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

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a) n. The word needs only one n, as in bone.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) silent
b) distant
c) lone
d) emptey

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d) emptey. Empty ends in a plain y, as in happy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 'a lone bird on the wire', what kind of word is lone?

a) an action word
b) a describing word
c) a joining word
d) a naming word

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b) a describing word

2. Which word best finishes the sentence: 'A lone ____ stood in the empty field.'?

a) tree
b) crowd
c) forest
d) herd

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a) tree

Associated Words

More Class 3 Summer Spell Bee words starting with lo: locate, loyal, loyalty

More words from this list

peahen, scrub, toothless, angle, calendar, creep, expert, harsh

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