Spell Bee Word: Frosty

What does frosty mean?

Word: Frosty

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Frosty means very cold, with a thin white layer of ice on the ground or on things.

Synonyms: freezing

How do you spell frosty?

Syllables: fros - ty

Tricky part: Frosty finishes with y and nothing else. Children often slip in an e and write frostey.

Watch out for: frostey, frostie

Memory tip: Frost on the grass looks as if someone dusted it with sugar. Frosty, like sugary and dusty, ends in a plain y.

Frosty in a sentence

Example 1: The grass was white and frosty in the morning.

Example 2: We wrapped up warm on the frosty hills of Manali.

Example 3: My breath made little clouds in the frosty air.

Fun Fact

A frosty morning gets its white coat when water in the air freezes straight onto grass and glass as tiny ice crystals.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

frosty

a) misty
b) hot
c) icy
d) snowy

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b) hot. Hot is the opposite of frosty; icy and snowy are cold like frosty, and misty is just foggy.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) winter
b) blanket
c) frawsty
d) morning

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c) frawsty. The o in frosty sounds like the o in cross and is written with a plain o.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

frostty

a) y
b) t
c) o
d) s

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b) t. Frosty has one t, straight after the s.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ysotrf

a) frosty
b) forsty
c) frotsy
d) fsorty

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a) frosty. Begin with the fr you hear at the start of frog.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When are you most likely to see a frosty field?

a) early on a winter morning
b) in a dry desert at noon
c) on a hot summer afternoon
d) at noon in May

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a) early on a winter morning

2. Which would you need on a frosty day?

a) a beach towel
b) warm gloves
c) a cotton vest
d) a paper fan

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b) warm gloves

Associated Words

Next steps

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