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Spell Bee Word: Wand


What does wand mean?

Word: Wand

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Wand means a thin stick that is waved to do magic in a show or a story.

How do you spell wand?

Syllables: wand

Tricky part: The a in wand is said like the o in hot. Children who go by the sound write wond.

Watch out for: wond, whand

Memory tip: A magician says abracadabra, a word full of a's. Keep that a in the middle of wand.

Wand in a sentence

Example 1: The magician tapped his hat with a wand.

Example 2: Riya made a wand from a straw and shiny paper.

Example 3: My brother waved his toy wand at the cat.

Fun Fact

Long ago, a wand was any thin, straight stick, such as a young shoot from a tree. Its link with magic came later.

Practise the CREST Way

Sound Check

Which of the following words rhymes with wand?

a) sand
b) pond
c) find
d) hand

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b) pond. Hand and sand look close, but only pond has the matching vowel sound.

Spell Spies

Choose the pair which has a spelling error:

a) artist : brush
b) magician : wand
c) chef : spoon
d) tailor : neddle

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d) tailor : neddle. A tailor's tool has ee in the middle and one d; neddle is not a word.

Word Champ

Choose the correct word for the blank:

The fairy in our school play carried a silver ___ with a star on top.

a) went
b) want
c) wind
d) wand

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d) wand. A fairy carries a thin magic stick, and only one option names it.

Spellacadabra

From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?

a) wannd
b) carrot
c) button
d) lemon

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a) wannd. One of the two n's has to go, and then you can read the word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is closest in shape to a wand?

a) a pencil
b) a ball
c) a box
d) a plate

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a) a pencil

2. You dip a bubble wand into ___.

a) soapy water
b) hot soup
c) dry flour
d) wet sand

Show answer

a) soapy water

Associated Words

More Class 1 Winter Spell Bee words starting with w: wear, wash, well

More words from this list

bundle, drop, hatch, mint, path, rack, silver, super

Next steps

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