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Spell Bee Word: Icy


What does icy mean?

Word: Icy

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Icy means very cold, or covered with ice.

Synonyms: freezing

Antonyms: warm

How do you spell icy?

Syllables: i - cy

Tricky part: The s sound in icy is spelt with a c, the same c you find in ice.

Watch out for: isy, icsy

Memory tip: Picture an ice cube with a c frozen inside it: the c of ice stays in icy.

Icy in a sentence

Example 1: The wind was icy at the top of the hill.

Example 2: Careful, the steps are icy this morning.

Example 3: Dev drank a glass of icy water after the race.

Fun Fact

Pluto, far out at the edge of our solar system, is a small icy world.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) iecy
b) icie
c) icy
d) icey

Show answer

c) icy. No e is added anywhere: the word has just three letters.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

icy

a) snowy
b) frosty
c) wintry
d) hot

Show answer

d) hot. Hot is the opposite of very cold; frosty, snowy and wintry all describe cold weather.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

warm, cool, cold, ____

a) icy
b) sunny
c) mild
d) hot

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a) icy. Each word is colder than the one before it, so the next one must be colder still.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do people walk slowly on an icy path?

a) it is slippery
b) it is very sticky
c) it is too hot
d) it is full of sand

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a) it is slippery

2. Pick the thing that would feel icy to touch.

a) a warm blanket
b) a snowball
c) a cup of tea
d) a sunny wall

Show answer

b) a snowball

Associated Words

More Class 2 Summer Spell Bee words starting with i: inside, into, insect, iceberg, invite, ink

More words from this list

message, prize, simple, tough, admire, butterfly, design, gala

Next steps

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