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Spell Bee Word: Early


What does early mean?

Word: Early

Part of Speech: Adverb

Meaning: Early means before the usual time, or near the beginning of the day or of something.

Synonyms: in good time

How do you spell early?

Syllables: ear - ly

Tricky part: Early begins with ear, even though it sounds like er. Children often write erly or urly.

Watch out for: erly, urly, irly

Memory tip: Early, earth and learn all write the er sound as ear. Learn one and the others follow.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. the early bird catches the worm: People who start early get the best chance. Example: "Anu reached the book fair first and got the last comic. The early bird catches the worm."

Early in a sentence

Example 1: I wake up early on school days.

Example 2: We reached the railway station early.

Example 3: Birds start singing early in the morning.

Fun Fact

The ear in early has nothing to do with the ear on your head. Early grew from an old English word, aer, which meant before.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

early

a) quick
b) first
c) soon
d) late

Show answer

d) late. Early means before time; late means after time.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) yesterday
b) tomorrow
c) morning
d) earley

Show answer

d) earley. Early ends in a plain y, with no e before it.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We left home earlly for the zoo.

a) left
b) earlly
c) home
d) zoo

Show answer

b) earlly. Early has just one l.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. School starts at 8 o'clock. Who is early?

a) Tia, who comes at noon
b) Raj, who comes at 8:15
c) Lily, who comes at 7:45
d) Sam, who comes at 9:00

Show answer

c) Lily, who comes at 7:45

2. What happens early in the day?

a) bedtime
b) sunrise
c) dinner
d) sunset

Show answer

b) sunrise

Associated Words

Words that start with ear: earring, earthquake, ear

More words from this list

grandmother, juice, nostril, reflect, spice, until, armchair, central

Next steps

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