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Spell Bee Word: Lively


What does lively mean?

Word: Lively

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Lively means full of energy and life; active and cheerful.

Synonyms: energetic, cheerful, active

Antonyms: lazy

How do you spell lively?

Syllables: live - ly

Tricky part: Keep the e of live when the ending joins on. The i says its name, as in alive.

Watch out for: livly, lifely, livelly

Memory tip: Write the whole word live first, silent e and all, and only then add the ending. The e never drops out.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. look lively: Hurry up and get moving. Example: "Look lively, children, the bus is waiting."

Lively in a sentence

Example 1: The market gets lively in the evening.

Example 2: Our new puppy is lively and never sits still.

Example 3: We danced to a lively song at the wedding.

Fun Fact

Lively goes back to the Old English word liflic, which meant living or alive. Only later did it come to mean full of energy.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

lively

a) merry
b) bright
c) busy
d) dull

Show answer

d) dull. A lively class is full of energy; a dull one has none.

Word Makeup

Choose the correct suffix to make a new word:

live

a) ly
b) lee
c) ley
d) lie

Show answer

a) ly. Add the two letters l and y to live.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) lively
b) freindly
c) carefull
d) hapily

Show answer

a) lively. Careful ends in a single l even though full has two, and that is the trap in carefull.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

livvely

a) e
b) i
c) l
d) v

Show answer

d) v. Live has one v, and ly joins on after the e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would you expect things to be lively?

a) an empty classroom
b) a library at night
c) a birthday party
d) a closed shop

Show answer

c) a birthday party

2. A lively song is usually ____.

a) soft and sad
b) quiet and calm
c) slow and sleepy
d) fast and bouncy

Show answer

d) fast and bouncy

Associated Words

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