What does cupboard mean?
Word: Cupboard
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Cupboard means a piece of furniture or a space in a wall with doors and shelves, used for keeping clothes, food or dishes.
How do you spell cupboard?
Syllables: cup - board
Tricky part: We say cub-berd, so the p is hard to hear and is often swapped for a b.
Watch out for: cubbord, cupbord, cubberd
Memory tip: A cupboard is where the cups live, so keep the p of cup, even though everyone says cub-berd.
Cupboard in a sentence
Example 1: Mummy keeps the good plates on the top shelf of the cupboard.
Example 2: My school uniform hangs in the cupboard next to my bed.
Example 3: The cupboard door creaks every time someone opens it.
Fun Fact
A cupboard was first just that: a board or table where cups and plates were set out. Doors and shelves came much later.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) cupboard
b) teaspone
c) footbal
d) toothpast
Show answer
a) cupboard. Both halves of cupboard stay whole; footbal loses an l, and teaspone and toothpast get their endings wrong.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
bpcaoudr
a) keyboard
b) clipboard
c) cardboard
d) cupboard
Show answer
d) cupboard. Start with the c and u, add the p, and board is left over; the other boards need letters the jumble lacks.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
cupboard
a) drawer
b) basket
c) cabinet
d) shelf
Show answer
c) cabinet. A cabinet also has shelves and doors for keeping things in; a drawer or a shelf is only one part of one.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) kichen
b) refrigerater
c) balcany
d) cupboard
Show answer
d) cupboard. Kitchen, refrigerator and balcony are misspelt here; cupboard is correct.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What would you usually keep in a kitchen cupboard?
a) the cooking stove
b) jars of lentils and rice
c) the fridge
d) the kitchen sink
Show answer
b) jars of lentils and rice
2. Which word is built the same way as cupboard, from two smaller words?
a) cushion
b) bookcase
c) shelving
d) furniture
Show answer
b) bookcase
