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Spell Bee Word: Day


What does day mean?

Word: Day

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Day means the time when it is light outside. A day is also the 24 hours from one midnight to the next.

Antonyms: night

How do you spell day?

Syllables: day

Tricky part: Day ends in ay. Children sometimes write dai.

Watch out for: dai, daiy

Memory tip: Sunday, Monday and every other day of the week end in day, so you see this spelling all week long.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. save the day: To fix a problem just in time. Example: "My sister saved the day when she found my lost shoe."

Day in a sentence

Example 1: It is a sunny day.

Example 2: Sunday is my favourite day.

Example 3: We played all day at the beach.

Fun Fact

Earth spins round once every day. The side facing the sun has day, and the other side has night.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell Spies

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) day
b) wek

Show answer

a) day. Day is the right spelling. Week needs two e's in the middle, so wek is wrong.

Sound Check

Choose the word which rhymes with 'day':

a) dry
b) pay

Show answer

b) pay. Pay and day finish with the same ay sound. Dry ends with a long i.

Spellacadabra

Remove one letter to make a meaningful word:

deay

a) d
b) e

Show answer

b) e. Drop the e and you have the word for the time when it is light.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days are there in a week?

a) ten
b) five
c) seven
d) twelve

Show answer

c) seven

2. Which day comes after Monday?

a) Saturday
b) Friday
c) Tuesday
d) Sunday

Show answer

c) Tuesday

Associated Words

Words that end in -ay: tray, clay, today, stay, highway

More words from this list

free, house, list, oh, said, text, west, am

Next steps

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