What does lucky mean?
Word: Lucky
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Lucky means having good luck, or happening because of good luck and not because of skill.
Antonyms: unlucky
How do you spell lucky?
Syllables: luck - y
Tricky part: After the short u comes ck. Children often write just k (luky) or two k's (lukky).
Watch out for: luky, lukky, lukcy
Memory tip: Lucky has the same ck as duck: picture a lucky duck that finds a coin in the pond.
Idioms and Phrases
- a lucky break: a chance that turns out well. Example: "Finding a seat on the crowded train was a lucky break."
Lucky in a sentence
Example 1: We were lucky to see a tiger in Ranthambore.
Example 2: It was a lucky guess, because I had not read that page.
Example 3: Grandpa calls his old blue cap his lucky cap.
Fun Fact
In China the number eight is thought to be lucky, because its name sounds like the word for wealth.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
luckey
a) e
b) k
c) c
d) y
Show answer
a) e. Lucky ends in a plain y, with no e before it.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) lucky
b) frendly
c) honest
d) clever
Show answer
b) frendly. Friendly needs an i after the r, just like friend.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
lucky
a) clumsy
b) careful
c) gloomy
d) fortunate
Show answer
d) fortunate. Someone who is fortunate has good things happen to them, just like a lucky person.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
kulyc
a) lyuck
b) luyck
c) lucky
d) ulcky
Show answer
c) lucky. Think of a coin toss you win: you were this.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which is a lucky thing to happen?
a) spilling milk on your new shirt
b) missing the bus to school
c) tripping over a stone on the path
d) finding a ten-rupee note on the path
Show answer
d) finding a ten-rupee note on the path
2. Asha got the last ticket for the school trip. What would she most likely say?
a) What a hard sum.
b) What a sad morning.
c) What a long wait.
d) What a stroke of luck.
Show answer
d) What a stroke of luck.
