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Spell Bee Word: Shiny


What does shiny mean?

Word: Shiny

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Shiny means bright and smooth so that it reflects light, like a new steel plate.

Synonyms: bright, glossy, gleaming

How do you spell shiny?

Syllables: shi - ny

Tricky part: Shine loses its e when y is added, so the word has only five letters.

Watch out for: shyny, shiney, shinee

Memory tip: Shine drops its e when y arrives, the same way bone becomes bony.

Shiny in a sentence

Example 1: Rohan got a shiny new bicycle for his birthday.

Example 2: The steel tumblers were shiny after Amma washed them.

Example 3: A shiny beetle crawled across the leaf.

Fun Fact

Gold can stay shiny for hundreds of years because it does not rust or tarnish in air.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) sparkel
b) polishd
c) shiny
d) glitering

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c) shiny. Glittering needs a double t, sparkle ends in le and polished needs its e, so shiny is the correct spelling.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

shiny

a) clean
b) smooth
c) dull
d) sleek

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c) dull. Smooth, clean and sleek things can still shine; something dull has no shine at all.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

yinsh

a) shiyn
b) sihny
c) shiny
d) shnyi

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c) shiny. Begin with sh and let y close the word.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Something that is usually shiny is ____.

a) a clay pot
b) a new coin
c) a chalk stick
d) a cotton towel

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b) a new coin

2. Which of these would make an old copper pot shiny again?

a) rubbing it with polish
b) painting it black
c) covering it in mud
d) leaving it in the rain

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a) rubbing it with polish

Associated Words

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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.

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