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Spell Bee Word: February


What does February mean?

Word: February

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: February means the second month of the year. It comes after January and before March.

How do you spell February?

Syllables: Feb - ru - ar - y

Tricky part: Many people say Feb-yoo-ary and so drop the first r. Write the r straight after the b. As the name of a month, it always starts with a capital F.

Watch out for: Feburary, Febuary, Febewary

Memory tip: February is a cold month in north India. Think of a shiver, brrr, to keep the b and r side by side.

February in a sentence

Example 1: My birthday is on 9 February.

Example 2: February is the shortest month of the year.

Example 3: Our school sports day is in February.

Fun Fact

February is named after Februa, an old Roman festival of washing and cleaning that was held in that month.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) Febroary
b) Febrary
c) Febrewary
d) February

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d) February. After the first r comes a u, so February starts Febru.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

Febru_ry

a) u
b) o
c) a
d) e

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c) a. The end of February is ary, so a goes in the gap.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

yaeurbrf

a) Febraury
b) February
c) Ferbuary
d) Febuarry

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b) February. There are two r's: one goes straight after b, and the other comes just before y.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our school picnic is on the first Saterday of February.

a) school
b) picnic
c) Saterday
d) February

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c) Saterday. Saturday has ur after the t, not er.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days does February have in most years?

a) 31
b) 30
c) 28
d) 27

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c) 28

2. Which of these is a month, like February?

a) October
b) evening
c) Monday
d) winter

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a) October

Associated Words

Words that end in -ary: January, canary, primary, dictionary

More words from this list

heater, Monday, preview, skateboard, towel, anger, bright, couch

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