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Spell Bee Word: Birthday


What does birthday mean?

Word: Birthday

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Birthday means the date each year that marks when you were born.

How do you spell birthday?

Syllables: birth - day

Tricky part: The er sound at the start is spelt ir, though er and ur make the same sound.

Watch out for: burthday, berthday

Memory tip: The ir in birth is the same ir as in bird and girl. Picture a bird singing to a girl on her birthday.

Birthday in a sentence

Example 1: My birthday is on the 12th of August.

Example 2: We made a birthday card for our teacher.

Example 3: Grandma hugged me on my birthday morning.

Fun Fact

Someone born on 29 February gets a real birthday date only in a leap year, which comes about once every four years.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) balloon
b) present
c) birthdey
d) candle

Show answer

c) birthdey. The end of birthday is spelt like the word day.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

dthryabi

a) birtdhay
b) birhtday
c) birthday
d) bitrhday

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c) birthday. Every choice starts bi; check where t, h and d fall, in the order you hear them.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Everyone sang at the birtday party.

a) birtday
b) sang
c) Everyone
d) party

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a) birtday. Without its h, the first part would lose the th sound.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Anu was born on 5 May. When is her birthday?

a) on the 5th of each month
b) on 5 May every year
c) on every Monday
d) only on the day she was born

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b) on 5 May every year

2. Today is Om's seventh birthday. How old is he today?

a) eight
b) seven
c) six
d) seventeen

Show answer

b) seven

Associated Words

Words that end in -day: yesterday, Saturday, Thursday, holiday, Tuesday, Wednesday

More words from this list

confetti, eyelash, happy, leopard, parade, scarf, straighten, while

Next steps

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