What does download mean?
Word: Download
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Download means to copy a file, song, game or app from the internet onto a phone, tablet or computer. A download is also the file you copy in this way.
Antonyms: upload
How do you spell download?
Syllables: down - load
Tricky part: The second half is spelt like load, with o-a-d, not -ode or -owd. Children who spell it by sound often write downlode.
Watch out for: downlode, downlowd
Memory tip: You load a truck, and a download loads a file onto your phone: the same l-o-a-d both times.
Download in a sentence
Example 1: Papa will download the new school timetable onto his phone tonight.
Example 2: The game took ten minutes to download because the internet was slow.
Example 3: You can download the worksheet and print it at home.
Fun Fact
Watching a video online without keeping it is called streaming; a download saves a copy, so you can open it later even with no internet.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Fusion
Add the correct option to the unfinished word to complete the sentence:
Mum asked me to ______load the photos from her camera to the laptop.
a) down
b) doun
c) dawn
d) dowen
Show answer
a) down. It starts with down, the opposite of up, spelt with ow as in town.
Word Champ
In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. downstairs 2. download 3. downpour
a) 231
b) 321
c) 132
d) 213
Show answer
a) 231. After down, the next letters are l, p and s, so download comes first and downstairs last.
Spellacadabra
From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
a) monitor
b) printter
c) download
d) laptop
Show answer
b) printter. Printer needs only one t; remove the extra one.
Spell Spies
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) mesage
b) keyboard
c) download
d) password
Show answer
a) mesage. Message has a double s in the middle: m-e-s-s-a-g-e.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Papa's download stopped halfway. Why might that have happened?
a) The phone cover was the wrong colour.
b) The volume was turned very low.
c) The internet connection was lost.
d) The phone screen was too bright.
Show answer
c) The internet connection was lost.
2. Which of these could you download?
a) a cricket ball
b) an e-book
c) a mango
d) a school bench
Show answer
b) an e-book
