What does binoculars mean?
Word: Binoculars
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Binoculars means an instrument with two eyepieces that you hold up to your eyes to make faraway things look closer and bigger.
How do you spell binoculars?
Syllables: bi - noc - u - lars
Tricky part: The last part is spelt lars, as in dollars, even though it sounds more like lers when you say it quickly.
Watch out for: binoculers, binoculors
Memory tip: Think of a bicycle and its two wheels: binoculars also start with bi and have two tubes, one for each eye.
Binoculars in a sentence
Example 1: We took turns with the binoculars to spot ships far out at sea.
Example 2: Uncle Ravi keeps a pair of binoculars in the car for trips to the hills.
Example 3: These binoculars are heavy, so I hang them round my neck by the strap.
Fun Fact
Most binoculars hide small glass prisms inside. Without them, the view through the lenses would be upside down.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
bin_c_lars
a) o, a
b) a, u
c) u, o
d) o, u
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d) o, u. Say the middle slowly, nok-yoo: the first gap takes an o and the second a u.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) spectacals
b) microskope
c) binoculars
d) teliscope
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c) binoculars. Telescope has an e after the l, spectacles ends in cles, and microscope uses a c before the o-p-e.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
lucibronas
a) binucolars
b) biconulars
c) binolucars
d) binoculars
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d) binoculars. Spot the bi of bicycle at the front; the other eight letters then follow the sounds of the word.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
From the top row of the stadium, Kabir used binoculars to watch the bouler.
a) binoculars
b) stadium
c) watch
d) bouler
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d) bouler. Bowler, the player who bowls the ball, is spelt with o-w.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why would a bird-watcher pack binoculars?
a) to keep the birds warm
b) to see faraway birds clearly
c) to make the birds sing
d) to count the birds' eggs
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b) to see faraway birds clearly
2. Choose the sentence that is correct:
a) A binoculars is new.
b) This binoculars is new.
c) This binocular are new.
d) These binoculars are new.
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d) These binoculars are new.
