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Spell Bee Word: Proud


What does proud mean?

Word: Proud

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Proud means feeling happy and pleased because you, or someone close to you, did something good.

Synonyms: pleased

How do you spell proud?

Syllables: proud

Tricky part: The middle is ou, not ow, even though both can make this sound.

Watch out for: prowd, praud

Memory tip: Proud and loud both have ou in the middle. When you are proud, you may cheer out loud.

Proud in a sentence

Example 1: I felt proud when I won the drawing contest.

Example 2: Papa is proud of my good marks.

Example 3: The team was proud of their hard work.

Fun Fact

The noun from proud is pride, and a group of lions is also called a pride.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

proud

a) careful
b) lucky
c) ashamed
d) honest

Show answer

c) ashamed. Proud is a happy feeling about yourself; ashamed is the opposite.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) clever
b) happy
c) brave
d) proude

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d) proude. Proud has no e at the end.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

drupo

a) prdou
b) porud
c) proud
d) rpoud

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c) proud. Start with pr and keep the o and u side by side.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Ma was prout of my painting.

a) prout
b) was
c) painting
d) Ma

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a) prout. Proud ends with a d, as loud and cloud do, not a t.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Riya felt proud after she ____.

a) helped her friend learn to read
b) broke a glass
c) missed the bus
d) lost her bag

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a) helped her friend learn to read

2. If you are proud of your drawing, you want to ____.

a) show it to others
b) throw it out
c) tear it up
d) hide it away

Show answer

a) show it to others

Associated Words

Words that start with pro: proof, problem, probable

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: pleased

More words from this list

skull, train, animal, broad, crane, feather, heat, mixture

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