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Spell Bee Word: backyard


Basic Details

Word: Backyard

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The open space or garden at the back of a house.

Synonyms: garden, yard

How to Spell Backyard

Syllables: back - yard

Tricky part: Backyard is a single word. Yard has the ar sound of car; students sometimes write backyad or backyeard.

Watch out for: bakyard, backyad, backyeard

Memory tip: Picture a car parked in the yard: yard and car share the same ar in the middle.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. in your own backyard: very close to where you live Example: "You do not need to travel far for birdwatching; there are sunbirds in your own backyard."

Usage Examples

Example 1: Our hens wander around the backyard all day.

Example 2: Dadi hangs the washing in the backyard to dry.

Example 3: The boys built a cricket pitch in the backyard with chalk lines.

Fun Fact

A yard is also a unit of length, a little under one metre: about 91 centimetres.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) wheelbarow
b) scarcrow
c) backyard
d) greenhous

Show answer

c) backyard. Greenhouse lost its final e, scarecrow the e of scare, and wheelbarrow one r.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We planted tomatoes and chillies in the backyad last monsoon.

a) planted
b) chillies
c) monsoon
d) backyad

Show answer

d) backyad. Yard needs its r before the d.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: backyard

a) garden
b) balcony
c) cellar
d) attic

Show answer

a) garden. A backyard is a garden or open space behind the house.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is a backyard?

a) behind a house
b) under the bed
c) inside the kitchen
d) on the roof

Show answer

a) behind a house

2. What is most likely to happen in a backyard?

a) a flight taking off
b) a ship docking
c) a train stopping
d) children playing on the grass

Show answer

d) children playing on the grass

Associated Words

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