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Spell Bee Word: Talk


What does talk mean?

Word: Talk

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Talk means to say words out loud to someone so that they hear what you think.

Synonyms: chat

How do you spell talk?

Syllables: talk

Tricky part: The l in talk is silent. Children write tak or tawk because they cannot hear it.

Watch out for: tak, tawk

Memory tip: Talk, walk and chalk all have a quiet l that you write but do not say.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. the talk of the town: Something everyone is talking about. Example: "Riya's dance at the school fete was the talk of the town."

Talk in a sentence

Example 1: Please do not talk during the test.

Example 2: I talk to my grandparents on the phone every week.

Example 3: Mummy and I talk about our day at bedtime.

Fun Fact

Parrots and mynas can learn to talk by copying words they hear, though they do not understand them the way we do.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: talk

a) sleep
b) walk
c) speak
d) listen

Show answer

c) speak. To talk and to speak both mean saying words.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Let us talck to the new girl in our class.

a) girl
b) class
c) talck
d) new

Show answer

c) talck. Talk ends with a plain k, with no c before it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) tolk
b) talk
c) taulk
d) tulk

Show answer

b) talk. The vowel in talk is a, as in walk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word means to talk very softly?

a) laugh
b) whisper
c) shout
d) sing

Show answer

b) whisper

2. Where is it fine to talk loudly?

a) in an exam hall
b) in a hospital ward
c) on the playground
d) in the library

Show answer

c) on the playground

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with ta: target, tasty, table

More words from this list

yellow, believe, chilli, dream, gentleman, laugh, party, Saturday

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

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