What does driveway mean?
Word: Driveway
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Driveway means a short private road that runs from the street to a house, where a car can be parked.
Synonyms: drive
How do you spell driveway?
Syllables: drive - way
Tricky part: The e at the end of drive is silent, so children leave it out and write drivway. Both parts keep all their letters.
Watch out for: drivway, driveweigh, drieveway
Memory tip: You drive along this way to reach the house. Keep the full word drive, silent e and all, then add way.
Driveway in a sentence
Example 1: Our dog waits on the driveway for the school bus.
Example 2: We drew a colourful chalk pattern at the end of the driveway.
Example 3: Fallen leaves covered the driveway after the storm.
Fun Fact
In British English, a driveway is often just called the drive.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Fusion
Add the correct option to the unfinished word to make a new word:
The delivery van stopped halfway up our drive________.
a) waye
b) way
c) weigh
d) whey
Show answer
b) way. The road is a way to the house, spelt w-a-y, as in the way home.
Word Champ
In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. driveway 2. driver 3. drizzle
a) 213
b) 312
c) 123
d) 231
Show answer
a) 213. Driver and driveway share drive, and r comes before w; drizzle goes at the end because z follows v.
Spell Spies
Choose the option with no spelling errors:
a) driveway, balcony, terase, staircaise
b) driveway, balkony, terrase, staircase
c) driveway, balcony, terrace, staircase
d) driveway, balconey, terrace, stairkase
Show answer
c) driveway, balcony, terrace, staircase. Balcony, terrace and staircase are all spelt correctly only in this list.
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
evyadirw
a) a small room under a roof
b) a short road leading up to a home
c) a long bridge across a river
d) a deep ditch beside a field
Show answer
b) a short road leading up to a home. The letters build driveway, a road you drive along to reach a house.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A family has a very long driveway. What does that tell you?
a) their house sits far back from the road
b) their house has a very large kitchen
c) their garden has a small fish pond
d) their roof is covered in red tiles
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a) their house sits far back from the road
2. Adam swept the driveway. Where was he working?
a) on the roof
b) in the bathroom
c) outside the house
d) in the kitchen
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c) outside the house
