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Spell Bee Word: Poppy


What does poppy mean?

Word: Poppy

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Poppy means a flower with thin petals, often bright red, and a dark centre.

How do you spell poppy?

Syllables: pop - py

Tricky part: There is a double p in the middle and a y at the end. Popy and poppie are the usual slips.

Watch out for: popy, poppie, papy

Memory tip: Start with pop, then add py. The first p belongs to pop and the second p starts py.

Poppy in a sentence

Example 1: A red poppy grew beside the road.

Example 2: Riya painted a poppy in her drawing book.

Example 3: Poppy petals are as thin as tissue paper.

Fun Fact

The tiny seeds of one kind of poppy are used in cooking; in India they are called khus khus.

Practise the CREST Way

Jumble Tumble

What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?

pyopp

a) a flower with thin red petals
b) a small bird with a long tail
c) a sweet made from milk and sugar
d) a toy that spins on the floor

Show answer

a) a flower with thin red petals. Pyopp can be put in order to spell poppy, a red wild flower.

Spell Spies

Choose the pair which has a spelling error:

a) bud : buds
b) poppy : poppies
c) tulip : tulips
d) lily : lilys

Show answer

d) lily : lilys. Lily changes y to ies: lilies.

Sound Check

Which of the following words rhymes with poppy?

a) happy
b) puppy
c) floppy
d) pony

Show answer

c) floppy. Floppy ends with the same oppy sound as poppy.

Word Champ

Choose the correct word for the blank:

The _______ in our garden has soft red petals.

a) puppy
b) poppy
c) pony
d) penny

Show answer

b) poppy. Only a flower has petals; a puppy is a young dog.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would you usually see wild poppies growing?

a) in a deep lake
b) in a dark cave
c) in a sunny field
d) on a snowy peak

Show answer

c) in a sunny field

2. Like the poppy, which of these is a flower?

a) a marigold
b) a mango
c) a peacock
d) a pebble

Show answer

a) a marigold

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