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Spell Bee Word: Buy


Basic Details

Word: Buy

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: To get something by paying money for it.

Synonyms: purchase

Antonyms: sell

Sounds like: by (near, or done by someone); bye (a short way to say goodbye)

How to Spell Buy

Syllables: buy

Tricky part: Buy, by and bye all sound the same. The one about paying money has u in the middle: b-u-y.

Watch out for: bui, buye, biy

Memory tip: You buy things with your money, so remember the u for you: b-U-y.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Can we buy some bananas on the way home?

Example 2: Pooja saved her pocket money to buy a new storybook.

Example 3: Didi wants to buy a red kite for Makar Sankranti.

Fun Fact

Buy is more than a thousand years old. In Old English it was bycgan, and its old past form bohte slowly became today's bought.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

buy

a) purchase
b) sell
c) get
d) pay

Show answer

b) sell. You buy from a shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper sells to you.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) bui
b) toy
c) say
d) guy

Show answer

a) bui. Buy ends in uy, just like guy.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Papa went to the market to buye fresh mangoes for us.

a) market
b) mangoes
c) fresh
d) buye

Show answer

d) buye. Buy has only three letters, b, u and y.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Choose the right word: I want to ____ a new pencil box.

a) by
b) buy
c) bie
d) bye

Show answer

b) buy

2. What do you need to buy something?

a) money
b) a song
c) a pillow
d) a nap

Show answer

a) money

Associated Words

table tennisdisguststinkingalivedestructive
parkexcitingreceiveimportantill

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