What does compatriot mean?
Word: Compatriot
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Compatriot means a person from the same country as someone else.
How do you spell compatriot?
Syllables: com - pat - ri - ot
Tricky part: The close of the word is the worry. Pupils write iat or eot there, but it is spelt iot.
Watch out for: compatriat, compatreot, compatriott
Memory tip: I Only Travel with my compatriot: I, O, T are the letters that close the word.
Compatriot in a sentence
Example 1: In Tokyo, Meera was delighted to meet a compatriot who came from her home town.
Example 2: The tennis star thanked her compatriot for helping her warm up before the final.
Example 3: A compatriot who lived in Toronto showed us the best places to eat food from home.
Fun Fact
Sports reports use this word often. At the 2012 Olympic Games, Usain Bolt beat his compatriot Yohan Blake in the men's 100 metres final, so Jamaica took both gold and silver.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
c_mp_triot
a) o, e
b) u, a
c) a, a
d) o, a
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d) o, a. The opening is the same as in company, and the next vowel is the short a of cat.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
commpatriot
a) p
b) t
c) m
d) c
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c) m. A single m comes before the p.
Mingle-Mangle
Rearrange the jumbled letters in the sentence to form the right word:
The young chess star hugged her arottpomic after they both reached the final.
a) companion
b) commander
c) competitor
d) compatriot
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d) compatriot. Neither e nor n is among the letters, and each rival needs at least one of them.
Spell-o-Spell
One word in the list is misspelt and three are spelt correctly. Choose what the misspelt word means.
1. compatriot 2. citizen 3. foreigner 4. ambasador
a) someone who legally belongs to a country
b) someone from another country
c) someone who represents a country abroad
d) someone who shares your homeland
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c) someone who represents a country abroad. Ambasador has lost an s; ambassador is the correct form.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which two people are compatriots?
a) a Brazilian doctor and a Brazilian teacher in Dubai
b) a French chef and a Thai waiter in Paris
c) a Kenyan runner and a Polish coach in Rome
d) a Canadian pilot and a Greek sailor in Lisbon
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a) a Brazilian doctor and a Brazilian teacher in Dubai
2. Why might a traveller abroad feel glad to meet a compatriot?
a) They may be able to book cheap flights
b) They may know how to repair a suitcase
c) They may share a language and customs
d) They may own the hotel in that town
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c) They may share a language and customs
