What does bookstore mean?
Word: Bookstore
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Bookstore means a shop that sells books. Bookstore is the American word; in British English it is usually called a bookshop.
Synonyms: bookshop
How do you spell bookstore?
Syllables: book - store
Tricky part: Store keeps its silent e at the end of bookstore, even though you cannot hear it.
Watch out for: bookstoor, bookstoer, bokstore
Memory tip: The last e is silent, like a quiet shop assistant standing at the door: you cannot hear it, but it must be there.
Bookstore in a sentence
Example 1: The bookstore near our school sells second-hand storybooks.
Example 2: We spent an hour at the bookstore choosing a gift for Grandma.
Example 3: The bookstore puts new comics on the front table every Friday.
Fun Fact
The oldest bookstore still open is thought to be Bertrand in Lisbon, Portugal, which has been selling books since 1732.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) bookstorre
b) bukstore
c) bookstore
d) boukstore
Show answer
c) bookstore. Book keeps its double o and store has one r.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) magazeen
b) libary
c) bookstore
d) dictionery
Show answer
c) bookstore. Library has an r after the b, dictionary ends in ary and magazine ends in ine.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
boo_st_re
a) k, o
b) k, a
c) c, a
d) c, o
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a) k, o. Book ends in k, and store has an o before the r.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rotskeboo
a) bookstroe
b) bokostore
c) bookstore
d) booktsore
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c) bookstore. Spot book at the start; the five letters left make a word for a shop.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How is a bookstore different from a library?
a) you must be a member to go in
b) you buy the books to keep
c) you can only read books there
d) you return the books later
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b) you buy the books to keep
2. Which of these would you NOT usually find in a bookstore?
a) fresh vegetables
b) storybooks
c) comics
d) notebooks
Show answer
a) fresh vegetables
