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Spell Bee Word: Happy


What does happy mean?

Word: Happy

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Happy means feeling glad and pleased.

Synonyms: glad, cheerful, joyful

Antonyms: unhappy

How do you spell happy?

Syllables: hap - py

Tricky part: Happy has a double p in the middle, and children often write only one.

Watch out for: happi, hapi, hapee

Memory tip: Picture the two p's as two happy faces sitting side by side in the middle of the word.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. happy-go-lucky: Cheerful and not worried about anything. Example: "My happy-go-lucky cousin laughs even when he loses a game."

Happy in a sentence

Example 1: I feel happy when it rains.

Example 2: The happy baby clapped her hands.

Example 3: Happy birthday, Jonah!

Fun Fact

Happy grew from hap, an old word for luck. Long ago, a happy person was a lucky one.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

happy

a) calm
b) sad
c) proud
d) sleepy

Show answer

b) sad. Happy and sad are opposite feelings.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) jacket
b) whisper
c) heppy
d) lemon

Show answer

c) heppy. Happy starts with ha, as in hat.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The girl gave a happey wave to her school friends.

a) wave
b) happey
c) friends
d) school

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b) happey. The y on its own makes the ee sound at the end of happy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these shows that someone is happy?

a) a deep frown
b) a big smile
c) tears on the cheeks
d) a wide yawn

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b) a big smile

2. Tanvi was happy because ____.

a) she fell down
b) she won the race
c) she lost her bag
d) her ice cream melted

Show answer

b) she won the race

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: glad, cheerful, joyful

More words from this list

leopard, parade, scarf, straighten, while, beetle, cockroach, evening

Next steps

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