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Spell Bee Word: Surely


What does surely mean?

Word: Surely

Part of Speech: Adverb

Meaning: used when you strongly believe something is true and expect others to agree.

How do you spell surely?

Syllables: sure - ly

Tricky part: The e in the middle is so quiet that many children leave it out.

Watch out for: surley, surelly

Memory tip: Don't let the quiet e slip away: this word keeps it in the middle.

Surely in a sentence

Example 1: Surely the bus will come soon; we have waited twenty minutes.

Example 2: You surely remember the song we learnt last week.

Example 3: Slowly but surely, the little plant grew taller.

Fun Fact

Surely comes from the same Latin root as secure and security.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

s_rel_

a) a, y
b) u, e
c) i, y
d) u, y

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d) u, y. The first vowel is a u, and the word ends with a y.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) finaly
b) realy
c) surely
d) truely

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c) surely. Truly drops the e of true, while really and finally both need a double l.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: surely

a) rarely
b) slowly
c) certainly
d) perhaps

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c) certainly. Both words show that you have no real doubt.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lyseru

a) suerly
b) surely
c) sruely
d) sureyl

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b) surely. Start with the s; the r comes third.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 'Surely you have finished your homework by now!' What does the speaker expect?

a) that the homework is lost
b) that the homework is done
c) that there was no homework
d) that the homework is too hard

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b) that the homework is done

2. Surely tells us how sure someone is. Which of these is also an adverb?

a) kindly
b) unkind
c) kind
d) kindness

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a) kindly

Associated Words

Words that end in -ely: completely, extremely, entirely, lively, lovely, lonely

More words from this list

afford, boxing, congratulate, educate, graduate, knock, offer, responsible

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