What does advantage mean?
Word: Advantage
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Advantage means something that helps you or puts you in a better position than others.
Synonyms: plus, edge
Antonyms: drawback
How do you spell advantage?
Syllables: ad - van - tage
Tricky part: The middle is van, not ven, and the ending is tage, not tege or tige.
Watch out for: advantege, adventage, avantage
Memory tip: A van is hiding in the middle: adVANtage. Picture the van that wins the race because it had a head start.
Idioms and Phrases
- take advantage of: To make good use of a chance, or to use someone unfairly. Example: "We took advantage of the sunny morning and went cycling."
Advantage in a sentence
Example 1: Being tall is an advantage in basketball.
Example 2: Living near school has one big advantage: I can sleep a little longer.
Example 3: The home team had the advantage of a cheering crowd.
Fun Fact
In tennis, when the score is deuce and one player wins the next point, the umpire calls advantage to that player.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word:
advantage
a) dis
b) in
c) un
d) mis
Show answer
a) dis. Disadvantage is the word for something that holds you back.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) opertunity
b) differance
c) importent
d) advantage
Show answer
d) advantage. The other three each trip on a vowel sound. Advantage, with an a in van and in tage, is the one spelt right.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: advantage
a) loss
b) harm
c) problem
d) benefit
Show answer
d) benefit. A benefit is something that helps you, just like an advantage.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
addvantage
a) n
b) d
c) a
d) v
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b) d. Only one d comes before the v.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which is an advantage of riding a bicycle?
a) It gets wet in the rain.
b) It is slow uphill.
c) It needs no petrol.
d) It carries only one rider.
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c) It needs no petrol.
2. In a running race, which runner has an advantage?
a) the one with a twisted ankle
b) the one who starts a step ahead
c) the one whose laces come undone
d) the one who starts a second late
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b) the one who starts a step ahead
