Spell Bee Word: Sandy

What does sandy mean?

Word: Sandy

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Sandy means covered with sand, or like sand.

How do you spell sandy?

Syllables: san - dy

Tricky part: The end is a single y. Children sometimes write sandey or sandie.

Watch out for: sandey, sandie

Memory tip: On a beach you can write a y in the sand with your toe. Sandy needs just that one y at the end.

Sandy in a sentence

Example 1: Our sandy shoes left marks all over the floor.

Example 2: Camels walk easily across sandy deserts.

Example 3: We played cricket on the sandy beach at Puri.

Fun Fact

The Thar Desert in Rajasthan is a huge sandy area, and its sand dunes slowly move with the wind.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

yadns

a) sadny
b) snady
c) asndy
d) sandy

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d) sandy. Only one order sounds right when you read it aloud.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) sandy
b) sundy
c) sondy
d) sendy

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a) sandy. The first vowel is the short a of cat and map.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

sanddy

a) d
b) n
c) s
d) y

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a) d. Only one d comes before the y.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

rain, rainy, sun, sunny, sand, ____

a) sands
b) sandal
c) sanded
d) sandy

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d) sandy. Each pair turns a weather or beach word into a describing word: rainy, sunny and then sandy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which place is often sandy?

a) a classroom
b) a kitchen
c) a beach
d) a library

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c) a beach

2. Sandy hair is ____.

a) a pale silvery-grey colour
b) a dark chocolate-brown colour
c) a deep shiny black colour
d) a light colour between yellow and red

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d) a light colour between yellow and red

Associated Words

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

Step 1: Visit the registration page and complete the registration with your desired subject.

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Step 3: After login, go to dashboard and click on Book slot/Take Exam

Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

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