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Spell Bee Word: Holly


What does holly mean?

Word: Holly

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Holly means a bush or small tree with shiny dark green leaves that have sharp points, and bright berries in winter.

How do you spell holly?

Syllables: hol - ly

Tricky part: Two ls sit in the middle after the short o. Said quickly, the word seems to have only one.

Watch out for: holie, hollee

Memory tip: Two tall ls stand side by side, like two bushes guarding a garden gate.

Holly in a sentence

Example 1: Thrushes come to feed on the berries of the holly near our hedge.

Example 2: We planted a small holly in a pot on the balcony.

Example 3: The gardener put on thick gloves to trim the holly.

Fun Fact

Most holly plants are either male or female, and only the female ones grow berries.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) hedge
b) bamboo
c) cactus
d) holley

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d) holley. There is no e before the y in this word; the other three are correct.

Sound Check

Which of the following words rhymes with the given word?

holly

a) trolley
b) daily
c) only
d) woolly

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a) trolley. Trolley has the same short o and the same ending sound.

Word Champ

In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?

1. holly 2. hollow 3. holiday

a) 132
b) 312
c) 321
d) 213

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c) 321. All begin with hol: holiday comes before the other two, and hollow, with its o, comes before holly with its y.

Jumble Tumble

Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form the name of a plant?

a) lyobl
b) lyohl
c) lyohm
d) lyohn

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b) lyohl. Only lyohl has the right five letters for the plant.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What colour are holly berries usually?

a) black
b) blue
c) red
d) white

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c) red

2. Holly keeps its green leaves all through the winter. What do we call such a plant?

a) a climber
b) a seaweed
c) an evergreen
d) a fungus

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c) an evergreen

Associated Words

More Class 3 Winter Spell Bee words starting with h: hibiscus, heron, hamster, hammock, harmonium, hundred

More words from this list

moderate, reproduce, steep, trillion, adorn, carton, crossing, eighth

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