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Spell Bee Word: Easy


What does easy mean?

Word: Easy

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Easy means not hard to do or to understand.

Synonyms: simple

Antonyms: hard

How do you spell easy?

Syllables: ea - sy

Tricky part: The sound in the middle is a buzzy z, but the letter is an s. Children often write eazy.

Watch out for: eazy, eazee

Memory tip: Let a bee buzz past the s in easy: it looks like an s, but it buzzes like a z.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. take it easy: to relax and not do too much Example: "It is Sunday, so Papa is taking it easy on the sofa."

Easy in a sentence

Example 1: This jigsaw looks easy to finish.

Example 2: Long sums are not easy for my brother.

Example 3: It is easy to make lemon water.

Fun Fact

British children like to say easy-peasy when a job is simple, and some add lemon squeezy to make the rhyme longer.

Practise the CREST Way

Sound Check

Which of the following words rhymes with easy?

a) busy
b) messy
c) lazy
d) breezy

Show answer

d) breezy. Breezy matches easy from its long ee sound right to the end.

Spell Spies

Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:

The first puzzle was easey, but the secend one took me all day.

a) easey and secend
b) only easey
c) puzzle and day
d) only secend

Show answer

a) easey and secend. Two words are wrong: the opposite of hard takes no e before the y, and second has an o.

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

_ _sy

a) ea
b) ei
c) ee
d) ai

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a) ea. This pair of vowels opens the word, just as it opens eat and each.

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?

easy

a) say
b) yes
c) sea
d) seat

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d) seat. Seat needs a t, and there is no t in the given word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sum is easy for a Class 1 child?

a) 498 x 76
b) 1000 / 8
c) 365 x 24
d) 2 + 3

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d) 2 + 3

2. Mohan says the quiz was easy. How long did it most likely take him?

a) the whole long day
b) only a minute or two
c) a full week of work
d) three days and nights

Show answer

b) only a minute or two

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: simple

More words from this list

hold, motion, piano, repeat, snare, tail, wand, bundle

Next steps

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