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Spell Bee Word: Cardboard


What does cardboard mean?

Word: Cardboard

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Cardboard means thick, stiff material made from layers of paper, used for boxes, cartons and the backs of notebooks.

How do you spell cardboard?

Syllables: card - board

Tricky part: The second part is board, with oa. Children often write bord because they hear only one vowel sound.

Watch out for: cardbored, cardbord

Memory tip: Say board as bo-ard in your head while you write it, so the a does not get lost.

Cardboard in a sentence

Example 1: We made a robot out of cardboard boxes.

Example 2: The new fan came packed in brown cardboard.

Example 3: Paste the drawing on cardboard so it does not bend.

Fun Fact

Cardboard can also describe a character in a story who does not seem real, as in a cardboard hero.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) cardboard
b) cardboad
c) cardbboard
d) carboard

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a) cardboard. Card keeps its d and board keeps every letter, with nothing doubled.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

dobracrad

a) cardboard
b) cradboard
c) carbdoard
d) cadrboard

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a) cardboard. Look for two short words you know, one of four letters and one of five.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Meera cut a crown out of gold kardboard for the school play.

a) kardboard
b) crown
c) play
d) gold

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a) kardboard. Cardboard begins with a c, just like card.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) stapeler
b) crayans
c) scisors
d) cardboard

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d) cardboard. Cardboard is a card word plus a board word, each spelt in full.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is usually made of cardboard?

a) a shoebox
b) a cricket bat
c) a glass bottle
d) a steel spoon

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a) a shoebox

2. What happens to cardboard if it is left out in the rain?

a) it turns hard like glass
b) it goes soft and weak
c) it rusts like iron
d) it shines like metal

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b) it goes soft and weak

Associated Words

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