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Spell Bee Word: Marry


What does marry mean?

Word: Marry

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Marry means to become husband and wife in a wedding.

How do you spell marry?

Syllables: mar - ry

Tricky part: Do not mix marry up with merry, which means happy and has an e. Marry, as at a wedding, has an a.

Watch out for: marey, mery

Memory tip: Merry is for a happy day; marry is for a wedding. Think of the a in a ring.

Marry in a sentence

Example 1: My aunt will marry in December.

Example 2: The prince wanted to marry a kind princess.

Example 3: People dance and eat sweets when two people marry.

Fun Fact

Marry came into English from French, and goes back to an old Latin word for a husband.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) marrie
b) marry
c) marrey
d) marri

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b) marry. Marry ends in y, like carry and hurry.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

ma_ry

a) r
b) t
c) n
d) d

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a) r. Marry needs a double r in the middle.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

yrmar

a) maryr
b) marry
c) amrry
d) mrary

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b) marry. Read each option aloud; only one sounds like the word for a wedding.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

marry

a) wed
b) win
c) wait
d) wish

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a) wed. To marry and to wed mean the same thing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When two people marry, there is usually a ____.

a) birthday
b) wedding
c) farewell
d) picnic

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b) wedding

2. In many Indian weddings, the bride and groom walk round a sacred ____ seven times.

a) tree
b) well
c) gate
d) fire

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d) fire

Associated Words

Words that end in -rry: berry, blackberry, strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, worry

More words from this list

pond, shirt, tiger, air, bottom, cone, falcon, guava

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