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Spell Bee Word: Dormitory


What does dormitory mean?

Word: Dormitory

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Dormitory means a large room or building where many people sleep, as in a boarding school or hostel.

Synonyms: hostel, dorm

How do you spell dormitory?

Syllables: dor - mi - to - ry

Tricky part: The ending is -tory, as in story, not -tary.

Watch out for: dormitary, dormitery, dormatary

Memory tip: A bedtime story in the dormitory: both words end in -tory.

Dormitory in a sentence

Example 1: The boarding school dormitory is on the top floor, above the dining hall.

Example 2: Lights go out in the dormitory at nine o'clock.

Example 3: On the school camp we slept in a dormitory near the river.

Fun Fact

Dormitory comes from the Latin word dormire, to sleep. French speakers still say dormir for sleep.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) libary
b) auditoriam
c) dormitory
d) gymnaseum

Show answer

c) dormitory. Three school buildings are spelt wrongly: library needs its first r, auditorium ends in -ium and gymnasium in -sium.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

dorrmitory

a) t
b) m
c) o
d) r

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d) r. Dorm has one r, straight after the first o.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rodtimory

a) domritory
b) dormitory
c) dromitory
d) odrmitory

Show answer

b) dormitory. The word ends in -tory, so build the rest in front of it.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

After the long hike, the campers rolled out their mats in the dormatory.

a) mats
b) dormatory
c) campers
d) hike

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b) dormatory. The vowel after the m in dormitory is an i.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would you expect to see inside a dormitory?

a) rows of bookshelves
b) rows of beds
c) rows of desks
d) rows of lunch tables

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b) rows of beds

2. A school dormitory is usually busiest ____.

a) during morning assembly
b) during the maths lesson
c) at night
d) at lunchtime

Show answer

c) at night

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