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Spell Bee Word: Appointment


What does appointment mean?

Word: Appointment

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Appointment means a time fixed in advance to see or visit someone, such as a doctor.

How do you spell appointment?

Syllables: ap - point - ment

Tricky part: Two p's come at the start, and a quiet t must stay just before the ending. Children often drop a p or lose that t.

Watch out for: apointment, appoinment

Memory tip: Two people shake hands to fix an appointment: two hands, two p's. Then tap the table once for the quiet t before the ending.

Appointment in a sentence

Example 1: Papa has an appointment with the bank manager at ten.

Example 2: The clinic sees patients only by appointment.

Example 3: Ravi missed his appointment because the bus broke down.

Fun Fact

Appoint comes from the Old French apointer, meaning to settle or arrange, so an appointment is a meeting that has been settled in advance.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

appoint

a) ment
b) mant
c) munt
d) mint

Show answer

a) ment. Appoint takes ment, as in payment and enjoyment.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

app_i_tment

a) o, m
b) e, n
c) o, n
d) a, n

Show answer

c) o, n. The oi sound is spelt o then i, and the n comes before the t.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) arguement
b) acident
c) ocasion
d) appointment

Show answer

d) appointment. Accident and occasion both need two c's, and argument drops the e of argue.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

appointment

a) meeting
b) address
c) payment
d) holiday

Show answer

a) meeting. An appointment is a meeting that has been fixed in advance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these usually needs an appointment?

a) a ride on a city bus
b) a check-up with the eye doctor
c) a walk in the neighbourhood park
d) a trip to the vegetable market

Show answer

b) a check-up with the eye doctor

2. Choose the word that fits: Please call the clinic to ____ an appointment.

a) earn
b) lend
c) book
d) borrow

Show answer

c) book

Associated Words

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