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Spell Bee Word: Lady


What does lady mean?

Word: Lady

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Lady means a polite word for a woman.

Synonyms: woman

How do you spell lady?

Syllables: la - dy

Tricky part: It ends in a plain y, not ie or ee. For more than one, the y changes: ladies.

Watch out for: ladie, layde, ladey

Memory tip: Lady ends the same way as baby, and both change y to ies when there are more than one: babies, ladies.

Lady in a sentence

Example 1: A kind lady helped me find my mother in the crowd.

Example 2: The lady at the counter gave us two tickets.

Example 3: Our bus conductor is a cheerful lady from Pune.

Fun Fact

Lady comes from an Old English word that meant 'bread-kneader': the woman of the house who made the loaves.

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Word Connection

Select the masculine form of the word:

lady

a) ladman
b) ladyer
c) lord
d) lordess

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c) lord. Lady and lord are the old pair, as in the lords and ladies of a royal court.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) princess
b) queen
c) gentleman
d) laidy

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d) laidy. Gentleman, princess and queen are spelt right; lady has a plain a after the l, with no i.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

laddy

a) l
b) d
c) y
d) a

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b) d. Take out one d and laddy becomes lady.

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) ladybirde
b) ladybird
c) ladyburd
d) ladybyrd

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b) ladybird. The little red beetle is a lady + bird, and bird keeps its i-r-d.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A speaker begins, 'Good morning, ladies and ____.'

a) children
b) gentlemen
c) friends
d) boys

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b) gentlemen

2. 'The lady of the house' is the woman who ____.

a) is visiting the house
b) built the house
c) looks after the home
d) rents the house out

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c) looks after the home

Associated Words

dormitoryconferencemanualfunnyidentify
domesticcooperatefeastplateauamazement

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