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Spell Bee Word: Bray


What does bray mean?

Word: Bray

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Bray means to make the loud, rough call that a donkey makes.

How do you spell bray?

Syllables: bray

Tricky part: The long a sound at the end is spelt ay, not ai or ey.

Watch out for: brai, brey

Memory tip: A donkey will bray when it spots a pile of hay. Hay and bray end with the same two letters.

Bray in a sentence

Example 1: The donkey began to bray when the cart stopped.

Example 2: We heard a donkey bray outside the village school.

Example 3: Every morning the washerman's donkey brays for its breakfast.

Fun Fact

Bray comes from an Old French word, braire, which meant to cry out.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ybar

a) brya
b) bary
c) bray
d) byra

Show answer

c) bray. Start with the b and r you hear together, then the sound at the end.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) carrot
b) donkey
c) stabel
d) bray

Show answer

c) stabel. Stable ends in le, like table, so stabel is the wrong one.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

b_ay

a) l
b) r
c) e
d) w

Show answer

b) r. Bray begins with br, as in bread and brown.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sound is closest to a bray?

a) purr
b) buzz
c) tweet
d) hee-haw

Show answer

d) hee-haw

2. Where are you likely to hear a bray?

a) at a farm
b) in a nest
c) in a beehive
d) in a fish tank

Show answer

a) at a farm

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with br: brush, broom, brick

More words from this list

crew, foot, hill, magpie, pillowcase, sell, syrup, worksheet

Next steps

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