What does bookcase mean?
Word: Bookcase
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Bookcase means a piece of furniture with shelves, made for keeping books standing neatly in rows.
Synonyms: bookshelf
How do you spell bookcase?
Syllables: book - case
Tricky part: Two hard sounds meet in the middle: a k ends the first half and a c starts the second. You hear only one sound, but both letters are written.
Watch out for: bookase, bukcase, boocase
Memory tip: Picture shelves packed so tightly that the two halves of the word are pushed together: at the join, the k and the c both stay.
Bookcase in a sentence
Example 1: Our class bookcase has a whole shelf of comics.
Example 2: Papa fixed the wobbly leg of the bookcase with a small wooden block.
Example 3: The dictionaries are kept on the bottom row of the bookcase because they are so heavy.
Fun Fact
In the chained library at Hereford Cathedral in England, old books are still fixed by chains to their bookcases. Chains stopped theft in the days when every book was copied by hand.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) sunflour
b) nightmair
c) wheelchare
d) bookcase
Show answer
d) bookcase. Wheelchair, sunflower and nightmare each have a wrong part, so bookcase is the one compound written correctly.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) wardrobe
b) cupboard
c) bokcase
d) cabinet
Show answer
c) bokcase. Bokcase has lost one of its o's; the other three words are spelt correctly.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Grandma keeps her old photo albums on the top shelf of the bookcace.
a) photo
b) shelf
c) albums
d) bookcace
Show answer
d) bookcace. Bookcace has a c where the word needs an s, just before the final e.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A bookcase is different from a cupboard because a bookcase usually ____.
a) has open shelves for books
b) has drawers for folded clothes
c) has a long mirror on its door
d) has hooks for hanging bags
Show answer
a) has open shelves for books
2. Which room in a school is usually full of bookcases?
a) the music room
b) the canteen
c) the sports room
d) the library
Show answer
d) the library
