What does accurate mean?
Word: Accurate
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Accurate means free from mistakes and true in every small detail.
Synonyms: correct
How do you spell accurate?
Syllables: ac - cu - rate
Tricky part: The c doubles here, and that is where most marks are lost. Children hear one k sound and write just one c.
Watch out for: acurate, ackurate
Memory tip: Accurate work needs Careful Checking: two words, two c's.
Accurate in a sentence
Example 1: The new clock at the station is accurate to the second.
Example 2: Please take accurate measurements before you cut the cloth.
Example 3: Her drawing of the map of the world was neat and accurate.
Fun Fact
The word comes from the Latin accuratus, done with care. So its first idea was about taking trouble over something, not just about being right.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
racetauc
a) accuracy
b) acrobats
c) accurate
d) accounts
Show answer
c) accurate. Accuracy, accounts and acrobats have no e, yet the jumble has one.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
accurate
a) exact
b) wrong
c) proper
d) precise
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b) wrong. Exact, precise and proper all lean towards being right, so only wrong gives the opposite.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
accurrate
a) u
b) t
c) c
d) r
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d) r. Cut one r and the word reads correctly.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The weather report for Saturday was accurit, so we carried umbrellas.
a) umbrellas
b) accurit
c) weather
d) report
Show answer
b) accurit. The end is said with a short sound, but it is spelt ate.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A scientist wants accurate results. What should she do?
a) ask a friend for his answers
b) finish as fast as she can
c) measure everything twice
d) guess the missing numbers
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c) measure everything twice
2. An accurate thrower in cricket is one who ____.
a) hits the stumps again and again
b) wears the cleanest clothes on the field
c) runs in very quickly from the boundary
d) waits in the shade until the bell
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a) hits the stumps again and again
