What does cargo mean?
Word: Cargo
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Cargo means the goods carried by a ship, plane or lorry.
How do you spell cargo?
Syllables: car - go
Tricky part: The ending is the trap. The word finishes on a long oh sound, so children add an extra letter after the o, as in cargow or cargoe.
Watch out for: cargow, cargoe
Memory tip: A ship's horn gives one long, plain sound. One plain o at the end is all this word needs too.
Cargo in a sentence
Example 1: The ship left Kochi with a cargo of tea and spices.
Example 2: A crane lifted the heavy cargo onto the deck.
Example 3: The lorry driver checked his cargo before leaving Nagpur.
Fun Fact
Cargo came into English from Spanish, from a word linked to loading. It first belonged to ships, and today planes and lorries carry cargo too.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
_ar_o
a) c, g
b) c, j
c) k, j
d) k, g
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a) c, g. A hard c opens this word, and the g is hard as well, like the one in go.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) passanger
b) cargo
c) lugguge
d) aeroplain
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b) cargo. Aeroplane ends in ane, passenger has an e after the ss, and luggage has an a before the ge.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
cargo
a) freight
b) captain
c) voyage
d) harbour
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a) freight. Freight is another word for goods sent by ship, plane or lorry.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rgoac
a) cargo
b) carog
c) cagro
d) crago
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a) cargo. Just one order gives a word for what a ship carries.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What would a cargo ship most likely be carrying?
a) sacks of rice and boxes of tyres
b) families going away on holiday
c) pupils on a school trip to sea
d) teams of players going to a match
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a) sacks of rice and boxes of tyres
2. A pilot is told the cargo is on board. What has most likely been done?
a) the runway has been swept clear
b) the radio has been mended again
c) the seats have been wiped clean
d) the crates are packed in the hold
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d) the crates are packed in the hold
