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Spell Bee Word: Padlock


What does padlock mean?

Word: Padlock

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Padlock means a small lock with a curved metal bar that you can fit onto a gate, box or bag and take off again.

How do you spell padlock?

Syllables: pad - lock

Tricky part: The ending is the weak spot. The hard sound there is written with two letters, c and k together, and children often keep only one of them.

Watch out for: padlok, padloc

Memory tip: c and k are locked together at the end of this word: one never goes anywhere without the other.

Padlock in a sentence

Example 1: Papa put a strong padlock on the garden shed.

Example 2: Neha forgot the number for the padlock on her suitcase.

Example 3: The gate was held shut by a rusty padlock and a chain.

Fun Fact

Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh makes so many padlocks that it is often called the City of Locks.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) paddlock
b) padlock
c) padlack
d) pedlock

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b) padlock. Only one d is needed, and each beat keeps its own short vowel.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

kdpolca

a) pladock
b) padlock
c) podlack
d) paldock

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b) padlock. The word you want names the lock you hang on a gate, and it has two clear beats.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

padloock

a) l
b) d
c) k
d) o

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d) o. One o is enough; take the other away and the word is right.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) cubbord
b) sutcase
c) padlock
d) bycycle

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c) padlock. Cupboard hides a silent p, suitcase needs an i, and bicycle opens with bi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could you fasten with a padlock?

a) a dinner plate
b) a bus ticket
c) a story book
d) a bicycle chain

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d) a bicycle chain

2. Meera cannot open her padlock. What has she probably lost?

a) the paper clip
b) the rubber band
c) the red ribbon
d) the little key

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d) the little key

Associated Words

Words that end in -ock: knock, livestock, frock

More words from this list

ruin, tearful, alike, brownie, contentment, entirely, gutter, landlady

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