Spell Bee Word: Dairy

What does dairy mean?

Word: Dairy

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Dairy means a place where milk is collected, kept or sold. Dairy also means foods made from milk.

How do you spell dairy?

Syllables: dair - y

Tricky part: In dairy the a comes before the i. Swap them and you get diary, which is a book you write in.

Watch out for: dary, deiry

Memory tip: Dairy and daisy both begin with da: picture a cow munching daisies outside the dairy.

Dairy in a sentence

Example 1: We buy milk from the dairy near our school.

Example 2: Paneer and curd are dairy foods.

Example 3: The dairy opens at six in the morning.

Fun Fact

India has the biggest dairy industry in the world: it produces more milk than any other country.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) bucket
b) dairie
c) cheese
d) butter

Show answer

b) dairie. Dairy ends with a y, not ie.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

cow, milk, ____, home

a) school
b) garden
c) dairy
d) bakery

Show answer

c) dairy. Milk from the cow goes to the dairy, and from there it reaches our homes.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

dairry

a) i
b) a
c) y
d) r

Show answer

d) r. Dairy has only one r.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a dairy food?

a) bread
b) honey
c) ghee
d) rice

Show answer

c) ghee

2. A dairy farmer mainly keeps ____.

a) bees
b) hens
c) cows
d) fish

Show answer

c) cows

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with da: dawn, dancer, dark, daddy

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