What does experiment mean?
Word: Experiment
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Experiment means a careful trial that you carry out to find something out or to check whether an idea is true, especially in science.
Synonyms: trial
How do you spell experiment?
Syllables: ex - per - i - ment
Tricky part: The middle is eri, which is easy to write as iri or era, so say ex-PER-i-ment clearly.
Watch out for: expiriment, experament, exparement
Memory tip: Every experiment needs an expert: both words begin with exper.
Experiment in a sentence
Example 1: In our experiment, the plant kept in the dark turned yellow.
Example 2: Sofia did an experiment to see which liquid freezes first.
Example 3: Always wear goggles when you do an experiment with chemicals.
Fun Fact
C. V. Raman's experiments on how light scatters won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our teacher asked us to write down every step of the experimant in our notebooks.
a) notebooks
b) teacher
c) experimant
d) step
Show answer
c) experimant. The ending is ment, as in moment, not mant.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: experiment
a) test
b) result
c) guess
d) failure
Show answer
a) test. Scientists carry out a test, or an experiment, to find something out.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
mixepreent
a) environment
b) excitement
c) experience
d) experiment
Show answer
d) experiment. Experience shares the start but has no m or t, so these letters cannot make it.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) labratory
b) experiment
c) apparatus
d) microscope
Show answer
a) labratory. Laboratory has an o between the b and the r.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which question could you answer with an experiment?
a) Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
b) Which colour do most people in your class like?
c) In which year was our school building opened?
d) Does salt water freeze more slowly than tap water?
Show answer
d) Does salt water freeze more slowly than tap water?
2. A person who likes to experiment with recipes ____.
a) copies recipes from old books
b) tries new ideas while cooking
c) cooks only for special guests
d) cooks the same dish every day
Show answer
b) tries new ideas while cooking
