What does cockpit mean?
Word: Cockpit
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Cockpit means the small space at the front of an aeroplane where the pilot sits and flies it. A racing car's driver also sits in a cockpit.
How do you spell cockpit?
Syllables: cock - pit
Tricky part: The first part ends in ck. Children often write only k or only c, and some add a second t at the end.
Watch out for: cokpit, cockpitt, cocpit
Memory tip: A pilot checks every dial in the cockpit, and check and cockpit both use ck for the k sound.
Cockpit in a sentence
Example 1: The pilot waved to us from the cockpit.
Example 2: Kabir sat in a pretend cockpit at the science museum.
Example 3: There are hundreds of buttons and screens in a cockpit.
Fun Fact
Early aeroplanes had open cockpits with no roof, so pilots wore goggles and warm leather caps to fly.
Practise the CREST Way
Jumble Tumble
Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
kctoipc 1234567
a) 2417653
b) 4271653
c) 2471635
d) 2471653
Show answer
d) 2471653. Read the letters in that order and you get cockpit, the pilot's seat at the front.
Spell Spies
Choose the option with no spelling errors:
a) cockpit, pilot, runway, engine
b) cockpit, pilot, runwey, engin
c) cockpit, pilote, runway, enjine
d) cockpit, pylot, ranway, engine
Show answer
a) cockpit, pilot, runway, engine. This is the only list where pilot, runway and engine are all spelt right.
Word Champ
Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?
cockpit
a) coat
b) pick
c) tick
d) pot
Show answer
a) coat. There is no a in cockpit, so coat cannot be made.
Spellacadabra
Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order:
o, i
a) t__ck__t
b) p__ck__t
c) c__ckp__t
d) j__ck__t
Show answer
c) c__ckp__t. O and then i turn c__ckp__t into cockpit; pocket, jacket and ticket need an e in the second gap.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Through the cockpit window, a pilot can see ____.
a) the food trolleys
b) the luggage hold
c) the sky ahead
d) the rows of seats
Show answer
c) the sky ahead
2. Which of these would you find in a cockpit?
a) a luggage belt
b) a ticket counter
c) a waiting lounge
d) a control panel
Show answer
d) a control panel
