What does ashore mean?
Word: Ashore
Part of Speech: Adverb
Meaning: Ashore means to or on the land beside the sea, a river or a lake, after being on the water.
How do you spell ashore?
Syllables: a - shore
Tricky part: The ending sounds like or, but the word finishes with a silent e. Students often leave it out and write ashor.
Watch out for: ashor, ashoar
Memory tip: No e, no landing: ashore is not finished until its silent e comes in to land.
Ashore in a sentence
Example 1: The fishermen dragged their nets ashore before the evening tide came in.
Example 2: After the ferry ride, we stepped ashore at the jetty in Goa.
Example 3: A crab scuttled ashore and hid under a heap of seaweed.
Fun Fact
Sea turtles spend almost their whole lives in the sea, but the females come ashore to lay their eggs in the sand.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Champ
Read the statements, checking both facts and spellings, and choose the correct option:
1. A lighthouse warns ships to keep away from rocks. 2. Sailors go ashore when their ship docks at a port. 3. A harber is a sheltered place where boats can stay safely.
a) all three are true
b) both 1 and 2
c) both 2 and 3
d) only 1
Show answer
b) both 1 and 2. Harbour is misspelt in statement 3, so that statement does not stand.
Spell Probe
Fill the blanks with 'a' and 'o'. Which option gives the meaning of that word?
1. __sh__re 2. __ss__re 3. __sp__re 4. __nc__re
a) off a boat and on to the beach
b) to tell someone firmly that something is true
c) an extra song performed because the crowd wants more
d) to hope strongly to achieve something
Show answer
a) off a boat and on to the beach. Only word 1 takes a and o; assure needs a and u, aspire a and i, and encore e and o.
Sound Check
Which word does not rhyme with ashore?
a) before
b) ignore
c) explore
d) aware
Show answer
d) aware. Aware ends with the air sound of care; the others end like more.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the given sentence?
As the boat came ashore, the children jumped onto the warm sand and raced to collect shells and pebbles.
a) 1
b) 3
c) 2
d) 0
Show answer
d) 0. Check each word in turn: every one, from collect to pebbles, is spelt correctly.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these can a ship's crew do only after going ashore?
a) drop anchor at sea
b) raise the sails
c) steer through the waves
d) buy food at a market
Show answer
d) buy food at a market
2. Which phrase describes leaving land, the reverse of going ashore?
a) landing
b) arriving
c) setting sail
d) docking
Show answer
c) setting sail
