What does broadband mean?
Word: Broadband
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Broadband means a fast internet connection that can carry a lot of data at once, so that videos and files load quickly.
How do you spell broadband?
Syllables: broad - band
Tricky part: The first part is broad, spelt oa as in road; pupils who spell by sound write brod or brawd.
Watch out for: brodband, brawdband, braodband
Memory tip: A broad road carries lots of traffic, and broadband carries lots of data: broad has the same oa as road.
Broadband in a sentence
Example 1: Our village library now has broadband, so students can join online classes.
Example 2: The broadband went down during the storm, so I finished my project offline.
Example 3: Dad compared three broadband plans before choosing the fastest one.
Fun Fact
In the 1990s many homes went online through dial-up, which used the phone line and screeched while it connected; broadband replaced it with a link that stays on all the time.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Only one of these compound words is spelt correctly. Choose it:
a) smartfone
b) keybord
c) pasword
d) broadband
Show answer
d) broadband. Keyboard has an oa, password a double s, and smartphone a ph.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
anordbbad
a) broadened
b) bandstand
c) broadband
d) broadcast
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c) broadband. Broadcast has a c and a t, bandstand an s and a t, and broadened an e; that leaves one answer.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) frequency
b) broadbend
c) satellite
d) network
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b) broadbend. The second half is band, a range of radio frequencies, not bend.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The new broadband conection lets my sister join her dance class online from home.
a) online
b) sister
c) conection
d) broadband
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c) conection. Connection keeps the double n of connect.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A family switches to broadband mainly so that ____.
a) phone calls cost less money
b) their TV gets more channels
c) the computer screen looks bigger
d) videos and pages load faster
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d) videos and pages load faster
2. Which task would a slow connection struggle with, but broadband handle easily?
a) streaming a film in high quality
b) sending a short text message
c) opening a plain-text email
d) reading a short news headline
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a) streaming a film in high quality
