What does drawbridge mean?
Word: Drawbridge
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Drawbridge means a bridge with a hinge at one end, so that it can be pulled up to close the way or let boats go under.
How do you spell drawbridge?
Syllables: draw - bridge
Tricky part: The j sound at the end is spelt with three letters, and students write drawbrige or swap two of them round.
Watch out for: drawbrige, drawbrigde
Memory tip: The d before the g is like the one in badge and ledge: you hardly hear it, but it is always there.
Drawbridge in a sentence
Example 1: Long ago, the guards raised the drawbridge every night.
Example 2: My toy fort has a drawbridge that goes up and down on a string.
Example 3: The boats waited in a line until the drawbridge was up.
Fun Fact
Tower Bridge in London is one of the world's best-known drawbridges of a modern kind: its two halves still lift to let tall ships pass along the Thames.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
ebrgdwirda
a) drawback
b) driftwood
c) drainpipe
d) drawbridge
Show answer
d) drawbridge. Drainpipe has a p and n, driftwood an f and o, and drawback a c and k, so they do not fit.
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) skylite
b) highwey
c) gangplanck
d) drawbridge
Show answer
d) drawbridge. Highway ends in ay, gangplank has no c, and skylight has igh for its long i.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The children read a story about a drawbredge over a wide green moat.
a) children
b) moat
c) story
d) drawbredge
Show answer
d) drawbredge. The second half is spelt just like the word bridge.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) courtyard
b) drawbridge
c) fortress
d) balcany
Show answer
d) balcany. The word is balcony, with an o after the c.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why would the people of an old fort pull up the drawbridge?
a) to clean the chains
b) to rest the horses
c) to let the moat dry
d) to keep strangers out
Show answer
d) to keep strangers out
2. Which place in a story is most likely to have a drawbridge?
a) a small hut in a meadow
b) a stone castle with a moat
c) a tall tree in a jungle
d) a busy market in a town
Show answer
b) a stone castle with a moat
