What does bandage mean?
Word: Bandage
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Bandage means a strip of cloth wrapped around a cut or a hurt part of the body to keep it clean and help it heal.
Synonyms: dressing
How do you spell bandage?
Syllables: band - age
Tricky part: The end sounds like ij but is spelt age, the same as in cabbage. Children write bandej or bandige.
Watch out for: bandej, bandige, bendage
Memory tip: Bandage ends just like cabbage and cottage: the same three letters, a-g-e, finish all of them.
Bandage in a sentence
Example 1: Papa tied a clean bandage on my elbow, and it soon got better.
Example 2: Keep the bandage dry when you have a bath.
Example 3: Theo proudly showed everyone the bandage on his finger.
Fun Fact
Sticky bandages with a small pad of gauze on tape were first made in the USA in about 1920.
Practise the CREST Way
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
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a) a box for keeping toys
b) a small boat with oars
c) a strip of cloth tied over a cut
d) a bag for carrying books
Show answer
c) a strip of cloth tied over a cut. All seven letters fit into bandage, the cloth that covers a cut.
Spell Spies
Choose the pair which has a spelling error:
a) painter : brush
b) doctor : bandage
c) barber : sissors
d) chef : pan
Show answer
c) barber : sissors. Scissors begins with sc, so sissors has lost its c.
Spellacadabra
From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
a) medicine
b) hospital
c) banddage
d) ointment
Show answer
c) banddage. Bandage has one d; drop the extra one.
Word Champ
Choose the correct word for the blank:
Mum wrapped a clean ______ around my cut knee.
a) sausage
b) bandage
c) village
d) baggage
Show answer
b) bandage. Only a strip of cloth can be wrapped round a knee; baggage, sausage and village cannot.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is also kept in a first-aid box?
a) a lunch box
b) a pencil sharpener
c) a cricket bat
d) cotton wool
Show answer
d) cotton wool
2. Who often puts a bandage on a cut in a hospital?
a) a baker
b) a pilot
c) a singer
d) a nurse
Show answer
d) a nurse
