What does academic mean?
Word: Academic
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Academic means to do with school, college, studying and learning, rather than sports or practical work.
Synonyms: scholarly
How do you spell academic?
Syllables: ac - a - dem - ic
Tricky part: There is only one c at the start, even though accept and access begin with two. Many students write accademic.
Watch out for: accademic, acedemic, academick
Memory tip: An academy is a school, and academic work is what you do there. Academy and academic both open with ac-a and a single c, like acrobat.
Academic in a sentence
Example 1: The academic year in our school starts in April.
Example 2: Meera won a prize for her academic results in Class 4.
Example 3: The academic calendar shows the dates of every term test.
Fun Fact
The word goes back to the Academy, a garden near Athens where the Greek thinker Plato taught his students about 2,400 years ago.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) scientific
b) acadamic
c) athletic
d) fantastic
Show answer
b) acadamic. The vowel in the third beat is e, as in dentist.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
cimdeaca
a) acidic
b) comedian
c) epidemic
d) academic
Show answer
d) academic. Comedian needs an o and an n, epidemic a p and acidic a second i, so the word is academic.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our class teacher keeps an academik record of every test we write.
a) record
b) test
c) academik
d) teacher
Show answer
c) academik. The last sound is spelt ic, the way it is in music and comic.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: academic
a) sporting
b) educational
c) musical
d) medical
Show answer
b) educational. Academic and educational both describe things to do with studying and learning.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is an academic subject?
a) swimming
b) cooking
c) football
d) mathematics
Show answer
d) mathematics
2. An academic award is usually given for ____.
a) helping in the canteen
b) winning a sports race
c) singing in the choir
d) good marks in studies
Show answer
d) good marks in studies
