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Spell Bee Word: Barley


What does barley mean?

Word: Barley

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Barley means a cereal grain used in soups, breads and drinks.

How do you spell barley?

Syllables: bar - ley

Tricky part: Do not mix it up with barely, which has the same letters in a different order.

Watch out for: bareley, bearley

Memory tip: Barley grows in the field; barely means only just. Picture a field of barley that barely reaches your knees.

Barley in a sentence

Example 1: Nani makes barley water when it is very hot.

Example 2: Barley grows well in cool, dry places.

Example 3: The soup had carrots, peas and barley.

Fun Fact

In Hindi, barley is called jau, and barley is often eaten in India as a cooling summer food.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) millit
b) oatts
c) barley
d) wheet

Show answer

c) barley. Of the four grains, only barley is spelt the right way.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Farmers in Rajasthan grow barly in the cool winter months.

a) winter
b) months
c) Farmers
d) barly

Show answer

d) barly. Barley needs an e before the y.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

barrley

a) r
b) l
c) a
d) y

Show answer

a) r. Barley has one r, straight after the a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Barley grows in fields as a ____.

a) tall grass with grain heads
b) tree with hard nuts
c) climbing vine with pods
d) low bush with berries

Show answer

a) tall grass with grain heads

2. Which sentence needs barley in the gap?

a) The horse munched a bucket of ____.
b) She ____ finished her lunch in time.
c) I could ____ see the board.
d) We ____ caught the last bus.

Show answer

a) The horse munched a bucket of ____.

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