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Spell Bee Word: Yoke


What does yoke mean?

Word: Yoke

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Yoke means a long wooden bar fitted across the necks of two animals, usually oxen, so that they can pull a load together.

Sounds like: yolk (the yellow part of an egg)

How do you spell yoke?

Syllables: yoke

Tricky part: Yolk sounds exactly the same, and its silent l often creeps into this word. Check the sentence before you write.

Watch out for: yowk, yok

Memory tip: Two oxen stand side by side. Picture nothing between them, and no l in the word either.

Yoke in a sentence

Example 1: The two bullocks stood calmly while the yoke was lifted onto their shoulders.

Example 2: In the village museum we saw a carved yoke beside an old wooden plough.

Example 3: With the yoke in place, the oxen began to pull the cart along the mud road.

Fun Fact

Yoke and yoga are distant cousins: both go back to an ancient root meaning to join.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The farmer rested the heavy yoak on the fence after a long day of ploughing.

a) heavy
b) farmer
c) yoak
d) fence

Show answer

c) yoak. The long o sound here does not take the oa of boat.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

yokke

a) e
b) k
c) y
d) o

Show answer

b) k. One k is all it takes.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

oeyk

a) yolk
b) okay
c) yoke
d) joke

Show answer

c) yoke. Check each option letter by letter: only one uses y, o, k and e and nothing else.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) wheelbarow
b) bullok
c) yoke
d) ploughe

Show answer

c) yoke. Wheelbarrow has a double r, bullock has ck, and plough ends in gh.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which kind of farm might you still see a yoke in use today?

a) one that uses just tractors
b) one that raises fish in ponds
c) one that keeps only hens
d) one that ploughs with bullocks

Show answer

d) one that ploughs with bullocks

2. What is used for a similar purpose to a yoke?

a) a lantern
b) a harness
c) a bucket
d) a spade

Show answer

b) a harness

Associated Words

Words that end in -oke: sunstroke, keystroke, provoke, backstroke

More words from this list

archaeologist, climactic, determination, feign, inaudible, nerve, pursue, suspicious

Next steps

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