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Spell Bee Word: Boy


What does boy mean?

Word: Boy

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Boy means a male child, such as a son.

Antonyms: girl

How do you spell boy?

Syllables: boy

Tricky part: The oi sound at the end of boy is spelt oy. At the end of a word we write oy, not oi.

Watch out for: boi, boie

Memory tip: Picture the word boy as a little boy: the o is his round face and the y is his arms waving up high.

Boy in a sentence

Example 1: The boy is flying a kite.

Example 2: That boy is my cousin Kabir.

Example 3: A little boy waved at our bus.

Fun Fact

Nobody knows for sure where the word boy came from, even though it has been used in English for about 700 years.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) boy
b) buk

Show answer

b) buk. Book is written with oo and a k, not with a u.

Sound Check

Choose the word which does not rhyme with 'boy':

a) buy
b) joy

Show answer

a) buy. Joy and boy share the oy sound. Buy sounds like bye, so it is the odd one.

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

_oy

a) d
b) b

Show answer

b) b. Say boy and feel your lips press together at the start: that is a b.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A boy grows up to be a ___.

a) woman
b) baby
c) man
d) girl

Show answer

c) man

2. A boy who has the same parents as you is your ___.

a) uncle
b) brother
c) father
d) grandfather

Show answer

b) brother

Associated Words

More Senior KG Winter Spell Bee words starting with b: bill, born, ball, blog

More words from this list

else, game, I, main, over, sea, than, when

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