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Spell Bee Word: Neck


What does neck mean?

Word: Neck

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Neck means the part of the body that joins your head to your shoulders.

How do you spell neck?

Syllables: neck

Tricky part: The k sound at the end is spelt ck. Children write nek or nekk.

Watch out for: nek, nekk, necc

Memory tip: Neck, back and duck all end in ck. A duck turns its neck to look back.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. neck and neck: Level with each other in a race, with neither ahead. Example: "The two runners were neck and neck at the finish."

Neck in a sentence

Example 1: A giraffe has a very long neck.

Example 2: The swan bent its long neck to drink.

Example 3: My neck felt stiff after sleeping on the bus.

Fun Fact

A giraffe's long neck has seven bones, the same number as in your neck.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) nieck
b) naeck
c) neeck
d) neck

Show answer

d) neck. Neck has just one vowel, a short e.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Dadi wrapped a warm shawl around her kneck.

a) shawl
b) warm
c) kneck
d) Dadi

Show answer

c) kneck. Knee starts with a silent k, but neck does not.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

head, ____, shoulders, chest

a) foot
b) toe
c) knee
d) neck

Show answer

d) neck. Going down the body from the head, the neck comes before the shoulders.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these do you wear around your neck?

a) a glove
b) a scarf
c) a belt
d) a sock

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b) a scarf

2. How does a giraffe's long neck help it?

a) it can dig deep holes
b) it can hide under rocks
c) it can swim faster
d) it can reach leaves high up

Show answer

d) it can reach leaves high up

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ne: needle, nervous, nest

More words from this list

recite, soldier, umbrella, attend, cabin, daddy, flag, huge

Next steps

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