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Spell Bee Word: Moon


What does moon mean?

Word: Moon

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Moon means the big round object that shines in the night sky and goes around the Earth.

How do you spell moon?

Syllables: moon

Tricky part: When you mean our own Moon, the one that goes round the Earth, you may write it with a capital M, as the Moon.

Watch out for: mune, muun

Memory tip: Earth and Sun can wear capitals, and so can the Moon when it means ours.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. over the moon: Very, very happy. Example: "Riya was over the moon when she got a puppy."

Moon in a sentence

Example 1: The moon looks orange tonight.

Example 2: We could see the moon from our balcony.

Example 3: Eid begins when people spot the new moon.

Fun Fact

In 2023, India's Chandrayaan-3 landed near the south pole of the Moon.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) rocket
b) sunshine
c) moone
d) planet

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c) moone. Moon has no e at the end.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

m_on

a) e
b) a
c) i
d) o

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d) o. Moon needs two o's in the middle.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

____, Earth, Sun

a) Jupiter
b) Saturn
c) moon
d) galaxy

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c) moon. This line goes from small to big. The Moon is much smaller than the Earth, so it comes first.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Bright stars twinkel near the moon tonight.

a) Bright
b) stars
c) twinkel
d) near

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c) twinkel. Twinkle ends with le, like little.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A thin, curved moon is called a ____ moon.

a) full
b) bright
c) round
d) crescent

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d) crescent

2. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

a) Neil Armstrong
b) Kalpana Chawla
c) Sunita Williams
d) Rakesh Sharma

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a) Neil Armstrong

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with mo: mouse, mother, Monday, mouth

More words from this list

proud, skull, train, animal, broad, crane, feather, heat

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

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