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How do you spell fly?

fly

F-L-Y

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In your language

Русский

муха · летать

Español

mosca · volar

العربية

ذبابة · يطير

Word facts

Letters
3 →
First letter
F →
Packs
Little bugs · Actions
Plural
flies
Past tense
flewirregular

Example sentences

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  • This is a fly.

  • I can see a fly.

  • Birds can fly.

Word forms

One and many

one fly — two flies

One and many (plurals) →

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

dryeyepieshytie

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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.