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Spell Bee Word: Dirty


What does dirty mean?

Word: Dirty

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Dirty means not clean, with mud, dust or marks on it.

Synonyms: muddy, grubby

Antonyms: spotless

How do you spell dirty?

Syllables: dir - ty

Tricky part: The ir in the middle sounds like the ur in fur, so children often write durty or derty.

Watch out for: durty, derty

Memory tip: Picture a bird pecking in the dirt. Bird and dirty use the same ir for that sound.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. do the dirty work: To do the unpleasant part of a job that others avoid. Example: "Dad let me plant the seeds while he did the dirty work of digging."

Dirty in a sentence

Example 1: My white socks were dirty after the football match.

Example 2: Please put your dirty plate in the sink.

Example 3: The puppy rolled in the garden and came back dirty and happy.

Fun Fact

Dirt, the word inside dirty, was once spelt drit, with the r before the i. Later the two letters swapped places.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

dirty

a) clean
b) greasy
c) dusty
d) sticky

Show answer

a) clean. Dusty, sticky and greasy things all need a wash; a clean thing does not.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Your hands look dirtey after the painting class.

a) painting
b) dirtey
c) hands
d) class

Show answer

b) dirtey. Dirty finishes with a plain y and no e before it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) dirty
b) sopy
c) bucket
d) puddle

Show answer

b) sopy. Soapy is soap with a y added, so it keeps the a that sopy has lost.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

dir_y

a) p
b) k
c) t
d) d

Show answer

c) t. Say dir-ty: the sound before the y is a t, as in top.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word means very dirty?

a) fluffy
b) filthy
c) faulty
d) frosty

Show answer

b) filthy

2. After a rainy walk in the park, which of these will need a wash?

a) your pencil box
b) your muddy boots
c) your library card
d) the kitchen clock

Show answer

b) your muddy boots

Associated Words

feasthonourappointmenthandsomesunglass
manurecolumnhurtclerkimportant

Next steps

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