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Spell Bee Word: Baby


What does baby mean?

Word: Baby

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Baby means a very young child who cannot yet walk or talk much.

Synonyms: infant

How do you spell baby?

Syllables: ba - by

Tricky part: The last sound of baby is spelt with a y. Children often write ee or ey at the end instead.

Watch out for: babee, babey

Memory tip: Picture the y at the end of baby as a little rattle with a long handle hanging down.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. baby steps: Small, careful steps when you start learning something new. Example: "Riding a cycle is hard at first, so take baby steps."

Baby in a sentence

Example 1: The baby is sleeping in Mum's lap.

Example 2: My aunt has a new baby girl.

Example 3: The baby laughed when I clapped.

Fun Fact

A newborn baby has about 300 bones. Many of them join together as the child grows, so a grown-up has 206.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell Spies

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) babby
b) baby

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b) baby. Babby has one b too many in the middle.

Sound Check

Choose the word which rhymes with 'baby':

a) maybe
b) body

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a) maybe. Maybe ends with the same ay-bee sounds as baby. Body has an o sound in the middle.

Spellacadabra

Remove one letter to make a meaningful word:

baaby

a) a
b) b

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a) a. Two a's side by side cannot be right: one a must go.

Jumble Tumble

Rearrange the jumbled letters to form a hidden word:

abyb

a) bbay
b) baby

Show answer

b) baby. Begin with ba, then add by.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A baby cat is called a ___.

a) puppy
b) calf
c) kitten
d) cub

Show answer

c) kitten

2. Which of these is made for a baby?

a) a school bag
b) a pram
c) a bicycle
d) a cricket bat

Show answer

b) a pram

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: infant

More words from this list

card, face, have, it, mum, plan, show, they

Next steps

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