Basic Details
Word: Accommodation
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A place to stay or live, such as a room, a flat, a hostel or a hotel.
Synonyms: lodging, housing, quarters
How to Spell Accommodation
Syllables: ac - com - mo - da - tion
Tricky part: This word needs both a double c and a double m. Most mistakes come from dropping one m.
Watch out for: accomodation, acommodation, accommadation
Memory tip: Accommodation is big enough to accommodate two pairs: cc and mm. Give each pair its own room.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The school booked accommodation in a guest house for the trip to Ooty.
Example 2: Finding cheap accommodation near the station was not easy.
Example 3: Dadi's village has no hotels, so visitors find accommodation in a homestay.
Fun Fact
Accommodate comes from Latin accommodare, to make fit, from ad and commodus, fitting. The same commodus is behind the word commodity.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) communication
b) accomodation
c) association
d) organisation
Show answer
b) accomodation. Two c's and two m's: the misspelt one has lost an m.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
accomm_d_tion
a) a, a
b) o, e
c) o, a
d) a, i
Show answer
c) o, a. Say each beat, ac-com-mo-da-tion: mo, then da.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
accommodation
a) luggage
b) timetable
c) ticket
d) lodging
Show answer
d) lodging. Lodging is a place to stay, which is what accommodation means.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
nomadcotiomca
a) accumulation
b) commendation
c) communication
d) accommodation
Show answer
d) accommodation. Accumulation and communication need a u, and commendation needs an e; only accommodation uses three o's.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The school trip was cancelled because there was no accommodation left in Ooty. What had run out?
a) buses
b) food
c) places to stay
d) tickets for the toy train
Show answer
c) places to stay
2. Which of these is a kind of accommodation?
a) a suitcase
b) a hostel
c) a timetable
d) a ticket
Show answer
b) a hostel
