Spell Bee Word: Poet

What does poet mean?

Word: Poet

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Poet means a person who writes poems.

How do you spell poet?

Syllables: po - et

Tricky part: The end is et, as in pet. Because the vowel is said quickly, children often write a or i in place of the e.

Watch out for: poat, poit, poett

Memory tip: Poet ends like pet: the last two letters are e and t.

Poet in a sentence

Example 1: The poet read his poem to the whole school.

Example 2: Sarojini Naidu was a poet and a freedom fighter.

Example 3: I want to be a poet and write about the sea.

Fun Fact

Rabindranath Tagore, a poet from Bengal, wrote India's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana. In 1913 he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Select the feminine form of the word:

poet

a) poetina
b) authoress
c) poetess
d) poetress

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) teacher
b) powet
c) singer
d) doctor

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

A famous pooet visited our school today.

a) today
b) visited
c) pooet
d) famous

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A poet uses words to make a poem. A painter uses ____ to make a picture.

a) nails
b) needles
c) bricks
d) paints

2. Which person does work most like a poet?

a) a postman
b) a plumber
c) a songwriter
d) a pilot