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Spell Bee Word: Peahen


What does peahen mean?

Word: Peahen

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Peahen means a female peafowl, the large bird whose male has a long, colourful fan of tail feathers.

How do you spell peahen?

Syllables: pea - hen

Tricky part: Peahen begins with the same pea as peafowl, so keep the ea at the front.

Watch out for: peehen, pehen

Memory tip: Think of peas in a pod: the bird's name starts with the same three letters as the little green vegetable.

Peahen in a sentence

Example 1: The peahen led her chicks through the tall grass.

Example 2: A peahen sat quietly on her nest under a bush.

Example 3: We spotted two peahens pecking for seeds at the bird sanctuary in Bharatpur.

Fun Fact

The peahen has dull brown-green feathers, which help her hide while she sits on her eggs.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the masculine form of the word: peahen

a) gander
b) peaman
c) peabird
d) peacock

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d) peacock. The male of the peafowl is the peacock.

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) peahen
b) peahan
c) peaheen
d) peahin

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a) peahen. The second half is spelt like the farm bird that lays eggs.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) parott
b) pegion
c) peahen
d) sparow

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c) peahen. Sparrow, pigeon and parrot are misspelt here, so peahen is right.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The peahen led her little chiks through the tall grass to look for seeds.

a) chiks
b) peahen
c) seeds
d) grass

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a) chiks. Chicks has ck before the s, as in duck. Peahen is spelt right here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A baby peafowl is called a ____.

a) duckling
b) gosling
c) peachick
d) cygnet

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c) peachick

2. The peafowl is the national bird of which country?

a) Australia
b) India
c) Kenya
d) Japan

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b) India

Associated Words

bakerclearduskreliefcelebrate
extraordinaryagitationconvincemarshtrash

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