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Spell Bee Word: Busy


What does busy mean?

Word: Busy

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Busy means having a lot of things to do.

How do you spell busy?

Syllables: bus - y

Tricky part: The vowel sounds like i, but it is a u. Children write bisy.

Watch out for: bisy, biesy

Memory tip: Tell yourself: U are busy! That odd little u is the letter to remember.

Busy in a sentence

Example 1: The market gets busy in the evening.

Example 2: Our class is busy with a science project.

Example 3: Aunty is busy in the kitchen, so I will lay the table.

Fun Fact

People say as busy as a bee because a worker bee may visit hundreds of flowers in a single day.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

busy

a) lively
b) active
c) free
d) working

Show answer

c) free. Someone who is free has nothing they must do right now.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) happy
b) busy
c) sleapy
d) hungry

Show answer

c) sleapy. Sleepy has a double e, just like sleep.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

bu_y

a) s
b) d
c) g
d) z

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a) s. Here the z sound is written with a different letter.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Papa was too busey to play today.

a) Papa
b) play
c) busey
d) today

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c) busey. No e sits before the y.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these shows a busy road?

a) Only one bird sits there.
b) One dog sleeps on the road.
c) No one is out on the road.
d) Many cars and buses pass by.

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d) Many cars and buses pass by.

2. Dad says he is busy. What is the best thing to do?

a) pull his hand again and again
b) wait until he has finished
c) keep talking to him loudly
d) ask him to play with you

Show answer

b) wait until he has finished

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with bu: bucket, buzz, bubble, build

More words from this list

cruel, firefighter, hook, mule, quiz, smooth, trunk, arm

Next steps

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