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Spell Bee Word: casualty


Basic Details

Word: Casualty

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A person who is hurt or killed in an accident, a disaster or a war.

Synonyms: victim

How to Spell Casualty

Syllables: cas - u - al - ty

Tricky part: Students drop the u (casulty) or swap u and a (casaulty). Say all four parts: cas-u-al-ty. It is the word casual with ty added.

Watch out for: casulty, casaulty, casualtey

Memory tip: Write the word casual first, then add ty: casual + ty. Saying cas-u-al out loud keeps the u from slipping away.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Luckily there were no casualties when the old wall fell during the storm.

Example 2: The rescue team counted every casualty after the landslide.

Example 3: The injured cyclist was taken to the casualty ward.

Fun Fact

In British hospitals, Casualty is another name for the emergency department, where accident victims are treated first.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) emergancy
b) casualty
c) ambulence
d) stretchar

Show answer

b) casualty. Ambulance ends in ance, emergency has an e in ency, and stretcher ends in er.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

c_su_lty

a) a, a
b) o, a
c) a, e
d) e, a

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a) a, a. The word inside is casual, with an a in both places.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lacutsay

a) causality
b) actually
c) casually
d) casualty

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d) casualty. Casually has no t and actually has no s, so these eight letters make casualty.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: casualty

a) witness
b) victim
c) doctor
d) rescuer

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b) victim. A victim is a person who is harmed, which is what a casualty is.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a road accident, a casualty is ____.

a) the car that caused it
b) the police officer
c) a person who was hurt
d) the road itself

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c) a person who was hurt

2. Choose the correct plural of casualty.

a) casualtyes
b) casualtys
c) casualtees
d) casualties

Show answer

d) casualties

Associated Words

heeddomineeringsuspicionterritorydiffident
restrictspokespersonschemeplantationreassure

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