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Spell Bee Word: Reply


What does reply mean?

Word: Reply

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Reply means to say or write something back when someone speaks to you, asks you something or writes to you.

Synonyms: respond

Antonyms: ask

How do you spell reply?

Syllables: re - ply

Tricky part: The end sounds like eye but is just a y. When you add ed, the y turns to i: replied. Repley and replye are mistakes to look out for.

Watch out for: repley, replye

Memory tip: Picture the tail of the y as a hand waving back at someone: a reply ends with that one y.

Reply in a sentence

Example 1: Please reply to Nani's letter.

Example 2: Ravi did not reply when I called his name.

Example 3: The teacher waited for my reply.

Fun Fact

Reply comes from an old French word, replier, which meant to fold back.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

reply

a) call
b) shout
c) answer
d) wait

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c) answer. When you reply, you give an answer.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) reply
b) riply
c) raply
d) reeply

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a) reply. It starts with re, one e, just like return.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Why did Aman not repply to my message?

a) message
b) Aman
c) repply
d) Why

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c) repply. Reply has a single p.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

rep_y

a) n
b) l
c) t
d) r

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b) l. An l goes between the p and the y.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a good reply to 'How are you?'

a) It is under the table.
b) It is my blue pencil.
c) I am fine, thank you.
d) I have five apples.

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c) I am fine, thank you.

2. Mohan asked Leela a question, but Leela did not reply. What did Leela do?

a) She said yes.
b) She stayed quiet.
c) She said no.
d) She shouted her answer.

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b) She stayed quiet.

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: respond, ask

More words from this list

son, understand, avocado, camel, dance, flat, hyena, neck

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