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How do you spell fly?
fly
F-L-Y
In your language
Русский
муха · летать
Español
mosca · volar
العربية
ذبابة · يطير
Word facts
Example sentences
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This is a fly.
I can see a fly.
Birds can fly.
Word forms
Present and pastirregular verb
- I, you, we, they
- I fly
- he, she, it
- he flies
- past
- I flew
Present simple →Went, saw, ate (irregular past) →Irregular verbs list →
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Rhyming words
Its pack
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Use it in class
- I spySpread the picture cards around the room and say “I spy with my little eye something beginning with F!” The first child to point at the fly card and name it spies next.
- Move like itCall “fly!” and everyone moves and sounds like it around the room until you say “Freeze!”
- Swat itStick the cards on the board and give two children a flyswatter each. Say “fly”: the first to swat the right picture wins a point.
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Questions and answers
- How do you spell fly?
- F-L-Y. Fly has 3 letters and starts with F.
- What is fly in Russian, Spanish and Arabic?
- In Russian: муха, летать. In Spanish: mosca, volar. In Arabic: ذبابة, يطير.
- What is the plural of fly?
- Flies: one fly, two flies.
- What is the past tense of fly?
- Flew. Fly is an irregular verb: I fly, he flies, I flew.
- What rhymes with fly?
- Words that rhyme with fly: dry, eye, pie, shy, tie.
Related resources
Presentation
Little Bugs Vocabulary Presentation (Free PPT)
Free little bugs vocabulary presentation for ESL kids: 14 picture slides with audio, a quick check and a review grid. Present online or get PPT.