What does banish mean?
Word: Banish
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Banish means to send someone or something away and not allow it to come back.
How do you spell banish?
Syllables: ban - ish
Tricky part: Only one n sits in the middle. Words such as banner and dinner tempt children to double it.
Watch out for: bannish, banesh
Memory tip: One firm order is enough to send someone away, and one n is enough here.
Banish in a sentence
Example 1: Our teacher wants to banish mobile phones from the classroom.
Example 2: A cup of hot ginger tea can banish the chill of a cold morning.
Example 3: In the old tale, the king banished the noisy giant from his land.
Fun Fact
In Shakespeare's play As You Like It, a young woman named Rosalind is banished from the court and escapes to a forest, where most of the story unfolds.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
banish
a) dismiss
b) expel
c) exile
d) welcome
Show answer
d) welcome. To banish people is to send them away; to welcome them is to receive them gladly.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
nihabs
a) banish
b) blemish
c) burnish
d) vanish
Show answer
a) banish. Only one option uses all six letters with nothing added.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
b_ni_h
a) a, c
b) e, s
c) u, s
d) a, s
Show answer
d) a, s. The first vowel is the a of bat, and the last sound is spelt in the usual way.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) banish
b) persue
c) sieze
d) dissapear
Show answer
a) banish. Pursue starts with pur, seize has its e first, and disappear has one s and two p's.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A family rule banishes toys from the dining table. What must happen to the toys?
a) They must be shared at meals
b) They must be washed each day
c) They must stay away from meals
d) They must be kept on the table
Show answer
c) They must stay away from meals
2. What does it mean to banish a worry from your mind?
a) to tell a friend about it
b) to write it down clearly
c) to think about it often
d) to stop thinking about it
Show answer
d) to stop thinking about it
