What does chopsticks mean?
Word: Chopsticks
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Chopsticks means a pair of thin sticks held in one hand and used to pick up food. People use them at meals in China, Japan and nearby countries.
How do you spell chopsticks?
Syllables: chop - sticks
Tricky part: Sticks keeps its ck. Children write chopstiks or add an extra e before the s.
Watch out for: chopstiks, chopstickes
Memory tip: The k sound at the end of stick takes two letters, c and k, one for each chopstick in the pair.
Chopsticks in a sentence
Example 1: Lin showed me how to hold chopsticks.
Example 2: I tried to eat noodles with chopsticks, but they kept slipping.
Example 3: The restaurant gave us chopsticks in paper covers.
Fun Fact
Japanese chopsticks are often shorter and more pointed than Chinese ones, which are longer and blunt at the tip.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Champ
Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?
chopsticks
a) stick
b) shock
c) hoops
d) topics
Show answer
c) hoops. The single o in chopsticks is not enough for hoops.
Word Fusion
Add the correct option to the following to make a new word:
______sticks
a) chope
b) chop
c) chopp
d) tchop
Show answer
b) chop. The first part is the plain word chop, with a single p and nothing after it.
Spell Spies
Choose the option with no spelling errors:
a) spoun, fork, chopsticks, laddle
b) spoon, fork, chopsticks, ladle
c) spoon, forke, chopsticks, ladel
d) spoone, fourk, chopsticks, ladle
Show answer
b) spoon, fork, chopsticks, ladle. Spoon has a double o, fork has no e, and ladle ends in le.
Spellacadabra
Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order:
o, i
a) ch_pst_cks
b) l_m_n
c) k_tch_n
d) b_tt_n
Show answer
a) ch_pst_cks. Put o and then i in the gaps and you get chopsticks; lemon, button and kitchen take other vowels.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which food is hardest to eat with chopsticks?
a) a bowl of thin soup
b) a few dumplings
c) a bowl of rice
d) a plate of noodles
Show answer
a) a bowl of thin soup
2. Chopsticks are most often made of ___.
a) wood or bamboo
b) paper or card
c) glass or stone
d) rubber or wax
Show answer
a) wood or bamboo
