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Spell Bee Word: Stormy


What does stormy mean?

Word: Stormy

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Stormy means full of strong wind, heavy rain and often thunder. A stormy sea has big, rough waves.

Synonyms: rough, thundery

Antonyms: sunny

How do you spell stormy?

Syllables: storm - y

Tricky part: The ending is just y, though it sounds like 'ee'. Children often write stormey or stormie.

Watch out for: stormey, stormie, stormee

Memory tip: Add the y straight on to storm, just as cloud becomes cloudy.

Stormy in a sentence

Example 1: On a stormy evening the lights went out in our street.

Example 2: Fishermen stay home when the sea is stormy.

Example 3: The sky looked stormy, so we brought the clothes inside.

Fun Fact

When the seas around India turn stormy enough for a cyclone, it gets a name from a list drawn up by countries of the region, including India. Cyclone Biparjoy, which hit Gujarat in 2023, was named by Bangladesh.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: stormy

a) wild
b) rainy
c) windy
d) calm

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d) calm. A calm day has no wind or rain, the opposite of a stormy one.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ymrost

a) stomry
b) sotrmy
c) stormy
d) stromy

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c) stormy. Build storm from five of the letters; the y left over goes on the end.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

storrmy

a) s
b) r
c) o
d) m

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b) r. Storm has only one r, and stormy keeps it that way.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) cloudy
b) windy
c) thundar
d) stormy

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c) thundar. Thunder ends in er; cloudy, stormy and windy are all spelt correctly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On a stormy day you would probably need ____.

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

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d) an umbrella

2. Which sound goes with a stormy night?

a) crashing thunder
b) chirping sparrows
c) a ticking clock
d) a ringing bell

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a) crashing thunder

Associated Words

continentfruitdiligenceexcitingsensitive
farfeastswimmingkeyboarddistant

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