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Spell Bee Word: Carriage


What does carriage mean?

Word: Carriage

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Carriage means a vehicle, usually pulled by horses, that people ride in. It is also one of the parts of a train where people sit.

Synonyms: cart

How do you spell carriage?

Syllables: car - riage

Tricky part: There is a silent i before the age at the end. Children often write carrage.

Watch out for: carrage, carage

Memory tip: The i in carriage is silent, like a quiet passenger who never says a word on the ride.

Carriage in a sentence

Example 1: The royal carriage had golden wheels.

Example 2: Our seats were in the last carriage of the Shatabdi Express.

Example 3: Tourists in Kolkata can still take a horse-drawn carriage ride near the Victoria Memorial.

Fun Fact

Carriage comes from an old French word for carrying, the same word that gave us carry.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) platfourm
b) pasenger
c) carriage
d) lugage

Show answer

c) carriage. Passenger has a double s, luggage a double g and platform has or, not our.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

carriage

a) stable
b) coach
c) saddle
d) harness

Show answer

b) coach. A coach pulled by horses is a carriage; the saddle and harness are things the horse wears.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gaircear

a) carriaeg
b) carriage
c) carraige
d) carirage

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b) carriage. The silent i comes straight after the double r.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The horse pulled the cariage up the hill.

a) hill
b) cariage
c) horse
d) pulled

Show answer

b) cariage. Carriage starts like carry, with a double r.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In old stories, a golden carriage usually belongs to ____.

a) a cricketer
b) a farmer
c) a postman
d) a queen

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d) a queen

2. A horse-drawn carriage moves along on ____.

a) sails
b) wings
c) wheels
d) skis

Show answer

c) wheels

Associated Words

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