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Spell Bee Word: Bad


What does bad mean?

Word: Bad

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Bad means unpleasant, harmful or wrong, or of poor quality.

Synonyms: poor, awful, terrible

Antonyms: fine

How do you spell bad?

Syllables: bad

Tricky part: It is a short word, but b and d are easy to mix up, and some children add an extra d.

Watch out for: badd, bhad

Memory tip: Make a bed with your hands: the left hand is the b and the right hand is the d. Bad starts with the b side and ends with the d side.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. go bad: to become rotten and not fit to eat Example: "Milk can go bad if it is left out on a hot day."

Bad in a sentence

Example 1: Eating too many sweets is bad for your teeth.

Example 2: We had bad weather on the day of the picnic.

Example 3: I feel bad that I forgot your birthday.

Fun Fact

Bad has been used in English since about 1300, but experts are still not sure where the word came from.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

bad

a) sad
b) good
c) nasty
d) late

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b) good. Nasty is close to bad, but good is its opposite.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) promise
b) careful
c) baad
d) kitchen

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c) baad. Bad has one a, just like sad and mad.

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

bad

a) li
b) ly
c) ley
d) lee

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b) ly. Badly tells how something is done, as in 'He sang badly'.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We stayed indoors all day because of the bad wheather.

a) bad
b) stayed
c) wheather
d) indoors

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c) wheather. Weather starts with a plain w, w-e-a. Bad is spelt right here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Complete the set: bad, ____, worst.

a) more bad
b) worse
c) baddest
d) badder

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b) worse

2. Which word could replace bad in 'He has a bad cold'?

a) lazy
b) severe
c) naughty
d) sorry

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b) severe

Associated Words

huntressteachdiscardmeadowcalculator
aftercarebeliefappearpredictwander

Next steps

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