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How do you spell lightning?

lightning

L-I-G-H-T-N-I-N-G

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In your language

Русский

молния

Español

rayo

العربية

برق

Word facts

Letters
9 →
First letter
L →
Pack
Weather & sky

Example sentence

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  • I can see lightning.

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  • I spySpread the picture cards around the room and say “I spy with my little eye something beginning with L!” The first child to point at the lightning card and name it spies next.
  • Loud and quietOne child waits outside while you hide the lightning card. As they search, the class chants “lightning, lightning”: louder as they get close, quieter as they move away.
  • Kim's gameLay out five picture cards, the lightning card among them. Children close their eyes, you take one away and ask “What's missing?” If it's this one, they call out “lightning!”

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Questions and answers

How do you spell lightning?
L-I-G-H-T-N-I-N-G. Lightning has 9 letters and starts with L.
What is lightning in Russian, Spanish and Arabic?
In Russian: молния. In Spanish: rayo. In Arabic: برق.