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Spell Bee Word: Solar


What does solar mean?

Word: Solar

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Solar means connected with the Sun or using the Sun's energy, as in solar panels or the solar system.

How do you spell solar?

Syllables: so - lar

Tricky part: The ending is -ar, not -er or -or. Soler and solor are the common mistakes.

Watch out for: soler, solor, solur

Memory tip: Solar ends in -ar, the same as star. The Sun is a star.

Solar in a sentence

Example 1: Our building has solar panels on the roof to make electricity.

Example 2: There are eight planets in our solar system.

Example 3: The village uses solar lamps after sunset.

Fun Fact

Kochi airport in Kerala became the world's first airport to run fully on solar power, in 2015.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) galaxie
b) solar
c) satelite
d) planit

Show answer

b) solar. Planet ends in -et, galaxy in y and satellite has a double l; solar is spelt right.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

sollar

a) l
b) o
c) a
d) r

Show answer

a) l. There is just one l, as in solo.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandpa carries a solar lanturn when he walks to the farm at dawn.

a) lanturn
b) dawn
c) solar
d) walks

Show answer

a) lanturn. Lantern ends in -ern; solar here is spelt correctly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can run on solar power?

a) a calculator with a small panel
b) a gas stove
c) a petrol scooter
d) a coal-fired train

Show answer

a) a calculator with a small panel

2. Which planet is part of our solar system?

a) Polaris
b) Mars
c) the Milky Way
d) Sirius

Show answer

b) Mars

Associated Words

Words that end in -lar: circular, particular, muscular, regular, caterpillar, popular

More words from this list

unconscious, amazing, clatter, disastrous, forecast, instruction, motorway, public

Next steps

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