What does ambulance mean?
Word: Ambulance
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Ambulance means a van that rushes sick or hurt people to get help from doctors. It has a siren and flashing lights.
How do you spell ambulance?
Syllables: am - bu - lance
Tricky part: The ending is ance, with an a, though it could easily be heard as ence.
Watch out for: ambulans, amblance
Memory tip: Ambulance ends just like dance. Picture the flashing lights dancing on the road as it rushes by.
Ambulance in a sentence
Example 1: Cars moved to the side to let the ambulance pass.
Example 2: In many states you can dial 108 for an ambulance.
Example 3: The ambulance raced down the road with its siren on.
Fun Fact
On many ambulances the word AMBULANCE is printed back to front on the bonnet, so drivers ahead can read it the right way in their mirrors.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) anbulance
b) ambullance
c) ammbulance
d) ambulance
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d) ambulance. Ambulance has m before the b, and the m and l are both single.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
lucnemaba
a) amublance
b) ambulance
c) ambluance
d) abmulance
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b) ambulance. All four end in ance, so the front decides: only one has its letters in the order you say them.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The ambalance stopped outside our gate.
a) outside
b) gate
c) stopped
d) ambalance
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d) ambalance. The middle beat of ambulance is bu, with a u.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letter to form a word:
_mbulance
a) o
b) a
c) i
d) e
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b) a. Ambulance begins with a, as in apple, though some children write an e there.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who needs an ambulance?
a) a girl going to a party
b) a grandpa who needs a doctor quickly
c) a class going on a trip
d) a man going to his office
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b) a grandpa who needs a doctor quickly
2. Where does an ambulance usually take a patient?
a) to a school
b) to a hospital
c) to a fire station
d) to a police station
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b) to a hospital
