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Spell Bee Word: Ward


What does ward mean?

Word: Ward

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Ward means a large room in a hospital where patients stay and are looked after. A ward is also one area of a town or city.

How do you spell ward?

Syllables: ward

Tricky part: After w, the letters ar sound like or. Many hear or and write wored.

Watch out for: wored, wawd, waurd

Memory tip: Picture Dadi in a hospital ward and the doctor smiling: Wash And Rest, Dadi. The first letters spell W-A-R-D.

Ward in a sentence

Example 1: Nani stayed in the hospital ward for two days.

Example 2: The children's ward had bright paintings on the walls.

Example 3: Our city is divided into many wards for elections.

Fun Fact

Warden, a person in charge of a hostel or a forest, is related to ward. Both words first had to do with guarding.

Practise the CREST Way

Sound Check

Which of the following words rhymes with ward?

a) weird
b) board
c) card
d) word

Show answer

b) board. Board ends with the same ord sound; card and word only look alike.

Word Champ

Choose the correct word for the blank:

Papa took flowers to Dadi's ______ on the second floor.

a) ward
b) wand
c) word
d) warm

Show answer

a) ward. A hospital room where Dadi stays is a ward; word, wand and warm do not fit.

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) medicin
b) doctor
c) ward
d) visitor

Show answer

a) medicin. Medicine ends with an e: m-e-d-i-c-i-n-e.

Word Fusion

Add the correct option to the following to make a new word:

ward______

a) roub
b) rowbe
c) roab
d) robe

Show answer

d) robe. Ward and robe join to make wardrobe, a cupboard for clothes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who looks after the people in a hospital ward?

a) tailors
b) nurses
c) pilots
d) farmers

Show answer

b) nurses

2. What would you see in a hospital ward?

a) a cinema screen
b) a fish market
c) a cricket pitch
d) rows of beds

Show answer

d) rows of beds

Associated Words

hisszealotportcullisgrenadiermegalomania
conjointpreponderanceaudaciousagoraphobianostalgic

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