What does love mean?
Word: Love
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Love means a strong feeling of caring for someone, or of liking something very much.
Synonyms: care, affection
Antonyms: hate
How do you spell love?
Syllables: love
Tricky part: The o says u, and there is a silent e at the end. Children often write luv or lov.
Watch out for: luv, lov, loove
Memory tip: Draw the o in love as a round little heart. Love takes o, never u, and finishes with a quiet e.
Idioms and Phrases
- fall in love with: To start liking something or someone very much. Example: "I fell in love with the mountains on our trip to Manali."
Love in a sentence
Example 1: I love my grandmother's stories.
Example 2: Our dog shows his love by wagging his tail.
Example 3: Ravi loves to play cricket after school.
Fun Fact
In tennis, love means a score of zero.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
My sister and I love to make rangoli with brite colours on Diwali.
a) only love
b) love and rangoli
c) only brite
d) sister and colours
Show answer
c) only brite. Bright has a silent gh; love and the other words are correct.
Sound Check
Which of the following words does not rhyme with love?
a) shove
b) move
c) above
d) glove
Show answer
b) move. Move has the same ove letters, but it rhymes with groove.
Word Champ
In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. love 2. kind 3. joy
a) 321
b) 312
c) 231
d) 123
Show answer
a) 321. J comes first, then k, then l.
Spellacadabra
From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
a) lovve
b) happy
c) hug
d) family
Show answer
a) lovve. Love has only one v, so one v must come out of lovve.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which sentence shows love?
a) Meena hugs her little brother.
b) Meena counts all her pencils.
c) Meena shuts the big window.
d) Meena reads the wall clock.
Show answer
a) Meena hugs her little brother.
2. Nani says she loves gardening. What does she mean?
a) she enjoys it a lot
b) she finds it too hard
c) she has never tried it
d) she is tired of it
Show answer
a) she enjoys it a lot
