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Spell Bee Word: boyhood


Basic Details

Word: Boyhood

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The time in a man's life when he is a boy.

Synonyms: childhood, youth

Antonyms: adulthood

How to Spell Boyhood

Syllables: boy - hood

Tricky part: The ending hood has a double o. Students sometimes write boyhud, and a few write boi instead of boy.

Watch out for: boyhud, boihood, boyhod

Memory tip: Boyhood ends the same way as childhood and neighbourhood: hood, with oo, like a hood that covers a head.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Papa often tells us stories of his boyhood in a small village near Nashik.

Example 2: Sachin Tendulkar's boyhood dream was to play cricket for India.

Example 3: The old house was full of toys from Dadaji's boyhood.

Fun Fact

The ending hood comes from an Old English word, had, which meant a state or condition. That is why it turns up in words like motherhood, brotherhood and falsehood.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

boy____

a) hud
b) hod
c) hood
d) houd

Show answer

c) hood. Hood names a stage of life, as in childhood.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: boyhood

a) childhood
b) adulthood
c) old age
d) manhood

Show answer

a) childhood. Boyhood is a boy's childhood.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) neighbour
b) loyalty
c) boihood
d) voyage

Show answer

c) boihood. Boy is spelt with oy, the same as in voyage and loyalty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a memory from boyhood?

a) driving a car to the office
b) flying kites with friends at age nine
c) getting a pension
d) teaching at a college

Show answer

b) flying kites with friends at age nine

2. Girlhood is to a girl as boyhood is to a ____.

a) boy
b) man
c) baby
d) father

Show answer

a) boy

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