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Spell Bee Word: Pond


What does pond mean?

Word: Pond

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Pond means a small area of still water, smaller than a lake. Frogs, fish and ducks often live in it.

How do you spell pond?

Syllables: pond

Tricky part: It ends with nd. Children sometimes forget the d.

Watch out for: pon, pont

Memory tip: Pond ends with nd, just like hand and sand.

Pond in a sentence

Example 1: Ducks swam across the village pond.

Example 2: We saw pink lotus flowers in the pond.

Example 3: A frog jumped into the pond with a splash.

Fun Fact

Frogs lay their eggs in ponds, and the eggs hatch into tadpoles that later turn into frogs.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) paund
b) ocean
c) river
d) stream

Show answer

a) paund. Pond is spelt with an o, the same as the little word on.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

drop, puddle, ____, lake

a) sea
b) ocean
c) cloud
d) pond

Show answer

d) pond. Each one holds more water than the one before: a pond is bigger than a puddle but smaller than a lake.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Mitali threw a pebble into the ponde.

a) threw
b) into
c) ponde
d) pebble

Show answer

c) ponde. Pond has no e at the end.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these would you NOT find in a pond?

a) a camel
b) a tadpole
c) a water lily
d) a snail

Show answer

a) a camel

2. In very cold places, the water on top of a pond can turn to ____.

a) oil
b) salt
c) ice
d) sand

Show answer

c) ice

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with po: poem, power, potter, potato, poet, pocket

More words from this list

shirt, tiger, air, bottom, cone, falcon, guava, maple

Next steps

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