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Spell Bee Word: Pretty


What does pretty mean?

Word: Pretty

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Pretty means nice to look at, in a gentle or sweet way.

Synonyms: beautiful

Antonyms: ugly

How do you spell pretty?

Syllables: pret - ty

Tricky part: The first vowel sounds like an i but is spelt with an e: pret, not prit.

Watch out for: pritty, preetty

Memory tip: Pretty starts with pre, like present: picture a pretty present with a bow.

Pretty in a sentence

Example 1: Meena drew a pretty butterfly in her notebook.

Example 2: The garden is so pretty after the rain.

Example 3: Grandma gave me a pretty box for my bangles.

Fun Fact

Long ago, in Old English, pretty meant clever or crafty. Only much later did it come to mean nice to look at.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

pretty

a) lovely
b) angry
c) heavy
d) empty

Show answer

a) lovely. Something pretty is lovely to look at.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) prettie
b) pretty
c) prettey
d) prettee

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b) pretty. Pretty ends with a y, like happy.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The prety kite flew over our roof.

a) kite
b) flew
c) roof
d) prety

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d) prety. Pretty has two t's in the middle.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ytpert

a) pretty
b) pertty
c) petrty
d) prtety

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a) pretty. Start with pr, then place the other four letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pretty can also mean 'quite'. Which sentence uses it that way?

a) What a pretty bird it is.
b) The pretty card was pink.
c) She wore a pretty dress.
d) The test was pretty easy.

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d) The test was pretty easy.

2. Which of these would you call pretty?

a) a broken old cup
b) a heap of rubbish
c) a garden full of flowers
d) a pair of muddy shoes

Show answer

c) a garden full of flowers

Associated Words

Words that start with pre: prefer, predict, precious, prevent

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: beautiful, ugly

More words from this list

skate, tooth, amount, breeze, cotton, favourite, hardly, milk

Next steps

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