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Spell Bee Word: Rally


What does rally mean?

Word: Rally

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Rally means a long run of shots back and forth in tennis, badminton or table tennis before a point is won. It is also a race for cars over long distances on ordinary roads.

How do you spell rally?

Syllables: ral - ly

Tricky part: You hear one l but write two, and raly is the usual slip.

Watch out for: raly, ralley

Memory tip: A long rally keeps the shuttle going, and the l keeps going too, repeating itself in the middle.

Rally in a sentence

Example 1: The rally between the two sisters went on for thirty shots.

Example 2: Our neighbour drove in a car rally across Rajasthan.

Example 3: Anu won the rally with a sharp smash.

Fun Fact

The Monte Carlo Rally, first held in 1911, is among the oldest car rallies in the world.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

r_ll_

a) o, y
b) e, y
c) a, i
d) a, y

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d) a, y. The opening gap has the a of cat, and a y closes the word, as in happy.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) spectater
b) rally
c) tournamant
d) athelete

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b) rally. Tournament ends in ment, spectator ends in or, and athlete has no e between the h and the l.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

A long rally left the two players breethless on the badminton court.

a) players
b) court
c) rally
d) breethless

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d) breethless. Breathless takes its spelling from breath, with ea.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lyarl

a) rayll
b) arlly
c) rally
d) ralyl

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c) rally. Say each one; a single order is a word from the tennis court.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which sport could you see a long rally?

a) swimming
b) squash
c) high jump
d) archery

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b) squash

2. What will a driver in a car rally most likely need?

a) a good map reader
b) a pair of skates
c) a tennis racket
d) a swimming cap

Show answer

a) a good map reader

Associated Words

Words that end in -lly: totally, jolly, jelly, bully, actually, silly

More words from this list

sprinkle, wisdom, belly, coast, disgusting, fresh, isle, museum

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