What does crossing mean?
Word: Crossing
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Crossing means a place where people can safely cross a road or a railway line.
How do you spell crossing?
Syllables: cross - ing
Tricky part: Cross ends in a double s, and both s's stay when ing is added. Children often drop one.
Watch out for: crosing, krossing
Memory tip: Think of the two s's as the two sides of the road you walk between.
Crossing in a sentence
Example 1: Our school bus stops before the railway crossing every morning.
Example 2: A traffic warden helped us at the crossing.
Example 3: There is a busy crossing outside the market.
Fun Fact
A zebra crossing gets its name from its black and white stripes, which look like a zebra's coat.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Fusion
Add the correct option to the following to make a new word:
cross______
a) ing
b) yng
c) eing
d) in
Show answer
a) ing. Cross takes ing just as it is, with no e in between.
Sound Check
Which of the following words rhymes with crossing?
a) tossing
b) dressing
c) crushing
d) crashing
Show answer
a) tossing. Tossing and crossing share the same oss sound before ing.
Word Champ
In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. crossing 2. crocodile 3. crowd
a) 213
b) 312
c) 231
d) 123
Show answer
a) 213. After cro, c comes before s, and s comes before w.
Spell Spies
Choose the option with no spelling errors:
a) crossing, traffik, singal, footpath
b) crossing, traffic, signel, futpath
c) crossing, trafic, signall, footpath
d) crossing, traffic, signal, footpath
Show answer
d) crossing, traffic, signal, footpath. Traffic needs ff, signal ends in al, and footpath has oo: only this list has them all.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who should go first at a zebra crossing?
a) cars on the road
b) scooters in a hurry
c) buses at the stop
d) people walking across
Show answer
d) people walking across
2. Which of these would you find at a railway crossing?
a) a gate that closes
b) a ticket window
c) a food stall
d) a waiting room
Show answer
a) a gate that closes
