What does cheque mean?
Word: Cheque
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Cheque means a printed form that you sign and fill in to tell your bank to pay money from your account to someone.
Sounds like: check (to look at something to make sure it is right)
How do you spell cheque?
Syllables: cheque
Tricky part: The k sound at the end is spelt que. Check, which sounds the same, is a different word.
Watch out for: cheqe, chequ, cheuqe
Memory tip: Cheque ends with the same three letters that begin queue: q, u, e. Banks once had long queues of people waiting to pay in cheques.
Cheque in a sentence
Example 1: Grandpa wrote a cheque for my school fees.
Example 2: Please write the payee's name clearly on the cheque.
Example 3: The prize money was handed over as a large cardboard cheque on stage.
Fun Fact
In British English a written order to a bank is a cheque, while American English uses check for both meanings.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:
_h_que
a) c, a
b) s, e
c) c, e
d) c, i
Show answer
c) c, e. Cheque begins with the ch of chair, followed by an e.
Mingle-Mangle
Unscramble the jumbled word in the sentence and choose the correct word:
Grandfather signed the euqceh and posted it to the school office.
a) cheque
b) choke
c) cheese
d) quiche
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a) cheque. Quiche needs an i, cheese an s, and choke an o and a k; the letters spell cheque.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one word in the list is spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of that word.
1. depossit 2. cheque 3. withdrawl 4. intrest
a) extra money paid on savings or loans
b) taking money out of an account
c) a signed paper telling a bank to pay
d) money put into a bank account
Show answer
c) a signed paper telling a bank to pay. Depossit has an extra s, intrest has lost an e, and withdrawl needs an a before the l.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When you fill in a cheque, you must write ____.
a) your home address in full
b) the date and the amount
c) your bank balance that day
d) your phone number and email
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b) the date and the amount
2. A cheque that bounces is one that ____.
a) is kept in a drawer
b) the bank refuses to pay
c) is posted abroad
d) is printed in colour
Show answer
b) the bank refuses to pay
