What does budget mean?
Word: Budget
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Budget means a plan showing how much money you have and how you will spend it.
How do you spell budget?
Syllables: bud - get
Tricky part: A j sound sits in the middle, and it is spelt dg. Children who write what they hear leave out the d or use a j.
Watch out for: bujet, buget
Memory tip: Spend a small part of your pocket money on fudge: the same two letters make the j sound in both words.
Budget in a sentence
Example 1: We made a budget for the class picnic before collecting any money.
Example 2: Mum keeps her monthly budget in a small blue notebook.
Example 3: Our housing society has a small budget for planting trees.
Fun Fact
The word is thought to come from an old French word for a small leather bag. Money was once carried in such bags, and the name slowly moved from the bag to the plan.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tgeubd
a) nugget
b) budget
c) bucket
d) gadget
Show answer
b) budget. There is only one g in the jumble, which rules out gadget and nugget, and there is no c for bucket.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Father wrote a budgit for our trip to Shimla on the back of an envelope.
a) Father
b) envelope
c) trip
d) budgit
Show answer
d) budgit. The last vowel is e, as at the end of pocket.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
budgett
a) t
b) d
c) e
d) g
Show answer
a) t. The word stops after one t, so the second is extra.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) sallary
b) allowance
c) expense
d) budget
Show answer
a) sallary. Salary has one l.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why might a family draw up a budget before a holiday?
a) to keep their spending under control
b) to decide what to pack in each bag
c) to learn the names of new places
d) to find the fastest way to the station
Show answer
a) to keep their spending under control
2. If your club goes over budget, it has ____.
a) saved more than it hoped
b) won more than it expected
c) spent more than it planned
d) grown more than it wanted
Show answer
c) spent more than it planned
