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Spell Bee Word: rainy


Basic Details

Word: Rainy

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Having a lot of rain, or likely to bring rain.

Synonyms: wet, showery, drizzly

Antonyms: dry, sunny

How to Spell Rainy

Syllables: rain - y

Tricky part: Rainy is rain with a y, and no e slips in before it. The ai stays together.

Watch out for: rainey, rany, rainie

Memory tip: No e sneaks in before the y: think of rain falling straight into the y without stopping.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. save for a rainy day: to keep money aside for a time when you may need it Example: "Ajji keeps a tin of coins to save for a rainy day."

Usage Examples

Example 1: The rainy season in Kerala begins in early June.

Example 2: On a rainy morning, the school bus crawled through the puddles.

Example 3: We stayed in and made paper boats on that rainy Saturday.

Fun Fact

Mawsynram, a village in Meghalaya, is often named as one of the wettest places on Earth.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word 'rainy' as used in the sentence:

It was a rainy afternoon, so we played carrom indoors instead of cricket.

a) showery
b) dry
c) wet
d) damp

Show answer

b) dry. Wet, damp and showery all describe a rainy day; dry is its opposite.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Every rainey season the little stream behind our village turns into a fast river, and the old bridge goes under water.

a) stream
b) rainey
c) bridge
d) village

Show answer

b) rainey. Rain takes a plain y, so rainey has one letter too many.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the letters in the sentence and choose the word they make:

On nyari days the school bus leaves ten minutes early.

a) brainy
b) rainy
c) rangy
d) grainy

Show answer

b) rainy. Brainy and grainy need six letters, and rangy needs a g; five letters with an i give rainy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these would you most need on a rainy morning?

a) an umbrella
b) sunglasses
c) a kite
d) a fan

Show answer

a) an umbrella

2. In which month is Kerala usually rainy?

a) January
b) February
c) July
d) March

Show answer

c) July

Associated Words

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