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Spell Bee Word: Archery


Basic Details

Word: Archery

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The sport of shooting arrows at a target using a bow.

How to Spell Archery

Syllables: arch - er - y

Tricky part: It starts with arch and ends in ery, not ary. Archary is the usual wrong version.

Watch out for: archary, archry, arcery

Memory tip: An archer does archery: write archer and add y.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Deepika Kumari is one of India's best-known names in archery.

Example 2: Archery needs steady hands and sharp eyes.

Example 3: Arjun took archery lessons during the summer holidays.

Fun Fact

An Olympic archery target has a gold centre, with red, blue, black and white rings around it.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

arch

a) ury
b) ery
c) ary
d) ory

Show answer

b) ery. Archer plus y gives archery, so the ending is ery.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) archery
b) atheletics
c) badmintan
d) wresling

Show answer

a) archery. Wrestling has lost its t, athletics has gained an e and badminton has the wrong last vowel; archery is fine.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Priya hit the gold ring twice at the archary contest last Sunday.

a) gold
b) twice
c) contest
d) archary

Show answer

d) archary. Archery comes from archer, so it is spelt with er.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In archery, you shoot with a bow and ____.

a) a stick
b) a bat
c) arrows
d) a racket

Show answer

c) arrows

2. A person who practises archery is called an ____.

a) archerist
b) archer
c) archman
d) arrower

Show answer

b) archer

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