Basic Details
Word: Awarded
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Officially gave someone a prize, a medal, money or a grade.
Synonyms: gave, granted, presented, conferred
Antonyms: withheld, denied
How to Spell Awarded
Syllables: a - ward - ed
Tricky part: The second part is spelt ward, as in a hospital ward, and its a is said like the or in cord. Students also add an extra d before -ed.
Watch out for: awared, awardid, awwarded
Memory tip: Award is a + ward. Picture a nurse being awarded a medal in her own hospital ward: the same four letters, w-a-r-d.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Our school was awarded a trophy for the cleanest campus in the district.
Example 2: The court awarded the farmer compensation for his damaged crop.
Example 3: She was awarded full marks for her science project on rainwater harvesting.
Fun Fact
The Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, was first awarded in 1954, and the physicist C. V. Raman was one of its first three winners.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word awarded as used in the sentence:
The panel awarded the first prize to a girl from Shillong for her bamboo bridge model.
a) sold
b) refused
c) gave
d) hid
Show answer
c) gave. To award a prize is to give it officially; refused is the opposite.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
awardded
a) a
b) w
c) d
d) e
Show answer
c) d. Award ends in one d, and -ed is just added after it.
Mingle-Mangle
Unscramble the jumbled word in the sentence and choose the correct word:
The judges ddewara the trophy to the youngest player in the team.
a) rewarded
b) awaited
c) wandered
d) awarded
Show answer
d) awarded. Rewarded needs a second r and awaited an i; the jumble's two a's, one r and two d's spell awarded.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A student awarded a scholarship ____.
a) has to pay a fine to the school
b) receives money to help pay for study
c) is given extra homework
d) must leave the school at once
Show answer
b) receives money to help pay for study
2. A medal that was not awarded was ____.
a) withheld
b) presented
c) granted
d) given
Show answer
a) withheld
