Spell Bee Word: Fried

What does fried mean?

Word: Fried

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Fried means cooked in hot oil.

How do you spell fried?

Syllables: fried

Tricky part: Fried comes from fry, but the y of fry does not stay in fried.

Watch out for: freid, fryed, fryde

Memory tip: Fry swaps its y for an i when the frying is done.

Fried in a sentence

Example 1: We ate fried rice for dinner.

Example 2: Grandma made fried onion rings on a rainy day.

Example 3: A fried egg was on my plate.

Fun Fact

Food sizzles when it is fried because the water in it turns into steam as it meets the hot oil.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) frid
b) plate
c) butter
d) kitchen

Show answer

a) frid. Fried keeps the e that the ed ending brings.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Mum made fride potatoes for lunch.

a) lunch
b) fride
c) potatoes
d) made

Show answer

b) fride. The e comes after the i and before the d.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

peeled, sliced, ____, served

a) planted
b) fried
c) picked
d) grown

Show answer

b) fried. These are the steps for making chips: the potatoes are peeled, sliced, fried in hot oil and then served.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fried names a way of cooking food. Which of these also does?

a) washed
b) painted
c) boiled
d) folded

Show answer

c) boiled

2. At a snack stall, which snack is usually fried?

a) a raw carrot
b) a banana
c) a glass of milk
d) a doughnut

Show answer

d) a doughnut

Associated Words

Words that start with fri: friendly, friendship, frighten, fright

More words from this list

honeybee, manager, shape, telescope, worst, bray, creek, fluffy

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

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