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What does cafeteria mean?

Word: Cafeteria

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cafeteria means a place, often in a school or office, where you pick up food at a counter and carry it to a table yourself.

Synonyms: canteen

How do you spell cafeteria?

Syllables: caf - e - te - ri - a

Tricky part: The vowel after the t is e: te-ri-a, as in bacteria. Many children write cafetaria.

Watch out for: cafetaria, cafeterea

Memory tip: The end, teria, is spelt the same as the end of bacteria.

Cafeteria in a sentence

Example 1: We ate pasta and salad in the school cafeteria.

Example 2: The cafeteria opens at noon.

Example 3: Mum met her friend in the office cafeteria for tea.

Fun Fact

Cafeteria comes from a Spanish word meaning a coffee shop.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) cafuteria
b) cafateria
c) cafiteria
d) cafeteria

Show answer

d) cafeteria. The word starts with cafe, so an e follows the f.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

caffeteria

a) r
b) t
c) e
d) f

Show answer

d) f. Only one f is needed; the second one is extra.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tefaicare

a) cafetiera
b) caferetia
c) cafeteria
d) cafeteira

Show answer

c) cafeteria. The start is easy to spot; the end must match a word you know from science lessons.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our school cafeteria sells fresh sandwhiches at lunch.

a) school
b) cafeteria
c) sandwhiches
d) lunch

Show answer

c) sandwhiches. Sandwiches has no h after the w: s-a-n-d-w-i-c-h-e-s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a school cafeteria, you could buy ____.

a) a new school bag
b) a box of wax crayons
c) a pair of sports shoes
d) a plate of rice and beans

Show answer

d) a plate of rice and beans

2. When people finish eating in a cafeteria, what do they usually do with their tray?

a) give it to the cook
b) take it home
c) put it on a rack
d) keep it on the chair

Show answer

c) put it on a rack

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: canteen

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