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Spell Bee Word: Campus


What does campus mean?

Word: Campus

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Campus means the land and buildings of a college, a university or a large school.

How do you spell campus?

Syllables: cam - pus

Tricky part: The weak last beat sounds like us, yet children often write as or ous.

Watch out for: campas, campous

Memory tip: A bus drives round the campus, and the two words finish alike.

Campus in a sentence

Example 1: The university campus in Pune has more trees than my whole neighbourhood.

Example 2: Bicycles are the easiest way to get round a big campus.

Example 3: Our school's new campus has a science block and two playgrounds.

Fun Fact

Campus is the Latin word for a field. In the 1770s Americans began to use it for the grounds of a college.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

mucspa

a) compass
b) campus
c) cactus
d) canvas

Show answer

b) campus. With no o, t or v in the jumble, compass, cactus and canvas all fall away.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

c_m_us

a) o, p
b) a, b
c) e, p
d) a, p

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d) a, p. The first beat sounds like the place where you pitch a tent.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

cammpus

a) p
b) m
c) c
d) u

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b) m. Campus keeps its m and its p to one letter each.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) hostel
b) kampus
c) college
d) library

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b) kampus. The word starts with a c, not a k.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who would you most expect to meet on a campus?

a) farmers driving their cattle
b) pilots checking their planes
c) sailors mending their nets
d) students going to lectures

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d) students going to lectures

2. On a campus tour, you would expect to see ____.

a) fields, barns and cattle sheds
b) classrooms, hostels and playing fields
c) docks, cranes and cargo ships
d) stalls, shops and street food

Show answer

b) classrooms, hostels and playing fields

Associated Words

Words that start with camp: campfire, campaign, camping

More words from this list

delta, expect, impact, memory, preach, scroll, tone, accurate

Next steps

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