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Spell Bee Word: Pay


What does pay mean?

Word: Pay

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Pay means to give money for something you buy or for work someone does.

How do you spell pay?

Syllables: pay

Tricky part: The ay sound at the end is spelt ay, as in day and play. Children sometimes write pai or pey.

Watch out for: pai, pey, paye

Memory tip: The y at the end of pay hangs down like a hook for your money bag.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. pay attention: To listen and look carefully. Example: "Please pay attention when the teacher speaks."

Pay in a sentence

Example 1: Papa will pay for my new school shoes.

Example 2: We pay the taxi driver at the end of the ride.

Example 3: My sister paid two pounds for a ribbon.

Fun Fact

Pay comes from the old French word paier, which goes back to a Latin word meaning to make peace.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) chiar
b) pay

Show answer

a) chiar. Chair has the a before the i; chiar has them the wrong way round.

Sound Check

Choose the word which does not rhyme with 'pay':

a) pie
b) stay

Show answer

a) pie. Pie ends with an eye sound; stay ends like pay.

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

_ay

a) v
b) p

Show answer

b) p. With p at the start you read pay; vay is not a word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Anu pays at the toy shop. What does she get?

a) the toy she chose
b) a book from school
c) a ticket for a film
d) a seat on a bus

Show answer

a) the toy she chose

2. Which sentence uses pay correctly?

a) We pay in the park after school.
b) I will pay for the ice cream.
c) I will pay the ice cream to eat.
d) I pay my bag to school every day.

Show answer

b) I will pay for the ice cream.

Associated Words

Words that end in -ay: clay, tray, today, runway, highway

More words from this list

shop, them, word, bill, cool, fill, head, just

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