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Spell Bee Word: Ferry


What does ferry mean?

Word: Ferry

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Ferry means a boat that carries people, and sometimes cars, across a river or a short stretch of sea, again and again.

How do you spell ferry?

Syllables: fer - ry

Tricky part: There are two r's in the middle, just as in carry.

Watch out for: fery, ferri

Memory tip: A ferry can carry cars, and both words have rr in the middle.

Ferry in a sentence

Example 1: We took a ferry across the river to the island.

Example 2: The ferry carried scooters and people.

Example 3: Ravi waved at the fish from the ferry.

Fun Fact

Ferries from the Gateway of India in Mumbai take visitors to Elephanta Island, famous for its cave temples.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) captin
b) iland
c) ferry
d) harbur

Show answer

c) ferry. Only ferry is right. Harbour needs our, island hides a silent s and captain ends in ain.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

ferrey

a) y
b) e
c) r
d) f

Show answer

b) e. No e sits before the y at the end of ferry.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

A big farry with a red roof waits at the jetty every evening.

a) roof
b) jetty
c) farry
d) evening

Show answer

c) farry. The boat word starts with fe, as in fetch.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People on a ferry should wear a ____ in case they fall into the water.

a) raincoat
b) sweater
c) helmet
d) life jacket

Show answer

d) life jacket

2. A ferry and a ____ both travel on water.

a) truck
b) taxi
c) ship
d) tram

Show answer

c) ship

Associated Words

Words that end in -rry: sorry, blueberry, lorry, hurry, strawberry, worry

More words from this list

huntress, marina, poetic, sign, unite, arrange, cauliflower, debt

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