Basic Details
Word: Night
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: The time of darkness between evening and morning, when the sun is below the horizon.
Synonyms: night-time, darkness
Antonyms: day, daytime
Sounds like: knight (a soldier of high rank in the Middle Ages, or a man given the title Sir)
How to Spell Night
Syllables: night
Tricky part: The long i sound is spelt igh with a silent g and h. Knight sounds the same but starts with a silent k and means something else.
Watch out for: nigth, nihgt, niht
Memory tip: Keep the three-letter team igh together, as in light: no light at night.
Idioms and Phrases
- night owl: a person who likes to stay awake late at night. Example: "My sister is a night owl who studies best after ten."
- call it a night: to stop what you are doing for the evening. Example: "After three rounds of Ludo, we called it a night."
Usage Examples
Example 1: The watchman walks around the colony at night.
Example 2: Diwali night was bright with diyas on every balcony.
Example 3: Owls hunt by night and sleep through the day.
Fun Fact
Night has been spelt with gh for centuries because Old English niht had a throat sound that was later lost, but the spelling stayed.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
We sat on the terrace late into the nigth, counting shooting stars and listening to the frogs in the paddy fields.
a) listening
b) nigth
c) terrace
d) shooting
Show answer
b) nigth. In night, g comes before h; the t goes last.
Word Connection
Choose the word opposite in meaning to night as used in the sentence:
The forest path is so dangerous at night that the guards close the gate at sunset.
a) daytime
b) midnight
c) darkness
d) dusk
Show answer
a) daytime. Night is the dark part of the day; daytime is the light part.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
The baby cried all tingh, so nobody in the house got any sleep.
a) thing
b) night
c) tight
d) nigh
Show answer
b) night. Thing uses the same five letters, but only all night makes sense with a crying baby and no sleep.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which word sounds exactly like night?
a) knight
b) neat
c) note
d) nit
Show answer
a) knight
2. Which animal is mostly active at night?
a) butterfly
b) bat
c) sparrow
d) cow
Show answer
b) bat
