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Spell Bee Word: Sunny


What does sunny mean?

Word: Sunny

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Sunny means bright with sunshine, with few or no clouds. A sunny person is cheerful.

Synonyms: bright, cheerful

Antonyms: cloudy, rainy

How do you spell sunny?

Syllables: sun - ny

Tricky part: When y is added to sun, the n is doubled. Children often write suny with one n.

Watch out for: suny, sunney, sunnie

Memory tip: Fun becomes funny and sun becomes sunny: double the n, then add y.

Sunny in a sentence

Example 1: It was a sunny morning, so we went to the park.

Example 2: We had our picnic on a sunny Sunday.

Example 3: Grandpa likes to sit on the sunny side of the verandah.

Fun Fact

Jodhpur in Rajasthan is called the Sun City because it is sunny on most days of the year.

Practise the CREST Way

Sound Check

Which of the following words rhymes with sunny?

a) penny
b) honey
c) sandy
d) tiny

Show answer

b) honey. Honey and sunny share the same vowel sound and the same ending sound, though honey is spelt with o.

Word Champ

Choose the correct word for the blank:

It is _______ today, so Mumma hung the wet clothes outside.

a) salty
b) sleepy
c) sunny
d) soapy

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c) sunny. Clothes dry fast when it is sunny; soapy, salty and sleepy do not fit.

Jumble Tumble

What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?

ynnsu

a) covered in thick mud
b) very cold and icy
c) full of soft wet sand
d) full of light from the Sun

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d) full of light from the Sun. Sort y, n, n, s and u and you get sunny, the kind of day with bright sunshine.

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) windey
b) sunny
c) rainy
d) cloudy

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a) windey. Windy just adds y to wind, so windey has an e it does not need.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On a sunny day, the sky is mostly ____.

a) foggy
b) stormy
c) clear
d) dark

Show answer

c) clear

2. What should you wear on a sunny afternoon?

a) a raincoat
b) a cap
c) gumboots
d) a woollen scarf

Show answer

b) a cap

Associated Words

connoisseurculpableparolemutilategeorgette
noviceflavonoidstessellatedialectologiststalwart

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