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Spell Bee Word: Story


What does story mean?

Word: Story

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Story means something that is told or written about what happened to people or animals, real or made up.

Sounds like: storey (One floor of a building, as in a three-storey house.)

How do you spell story?

Syllables: sto - ry

Tricky part: It ends in y, but children often put ie at the end because the plural is stories.

Watch out for: storie, storee

Memory tip: One story ends in y; many stories change y to ies. Keep the y when there is just one.

Story in a sentence

Example 1: Nanu tells me a story every night.

Example 2: My favourite story is about a clever rabbit and a lion.

Example 3: Can you write a story about your pet?

Fun Fact

The Panchatantra is a very old Indian collection of animal stories written to teach lessons about life.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: story

a) tail
b) game
c) tale
d) song

Show answer

c) tale. A tale is another name for a story; a tail is what a dog wags.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) garden
b) storry
c) library
d) picture

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b) storry. Story has just one r.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Dadi told us a stary about a brave little ant.

a) brave
b) told
c) little
d) stary

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d) stary. The first vowel in story is o, as in stop.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which title belongs to a story, not a song?

a) Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
b) The Thirsty Crow
c) Jana Gana Mana
d) Happy Birthday to You

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b) The Thirsty Crow

2. What do we call a person who writes stories?

a) a librarian
b) a reader
c) a printer
d) an author

Show answer

d) an author

Associated Words

Words that end in -ory: factory, glory, theory

More words from this list

whistle, barber, chair, destroy, fourteen, June, opera, right

Next steps

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