What does explore mean?
Word: Explore
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Explore means to travel around a place or look at something closely to find out what it is like.
Synonyms: discover, search
How do you spell explore?
Syllables: ex - plore
Tricky part: It ends in ore, as in more and store, not oar or oor.
Watch out for: exploar, explour, exsplore
Memory tip: Explorers always want to see more, and more is the end of explore: ex-pl-ore.
Explore in a sentence
Example 1: We explored the old fort in Jaipur with our guide.
Example 2: Divers explore coral reefs to learn about sea creatures.
Example 3: The baby loves to explore every cupboard in the kitchen.
Fun Fact
Explore comes from the Latin explorare, which meant to search out or look into something carefully.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) mountin
b) explore
c) travellor
d) advencher
Show answer
b) explore. Adventure ends in ture, traveller in er and mountain in ain, so only explore is right.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
porlexe
a) epxlore
b) elpxore
c) exlpore
d) explore
Show answer
d) explore. End with ore, then put the four letters left in the order you hear them.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
On holiday we went to esplore the Ajanta caves with our cousins.
a) cousins
b) holiday
c) esplore
d) caves
Show answer
c) esplore. Explore starts with ex, so esplore is the slip.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
explore
a) ignore
b) repair
c) borrow
d) investigate
Show answer
d) investigate. To investigate a place is to explore it, looking closely to find things out.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which trip would give you the best chance to explore?
a) a visit to your own classroom
b) a walk through a cave you have never seen
c) the drive to school you take every day
d) a wait in the queue at the ticket counter
Show answer
b) a walk through a cave you have never seen
2. Ali wants to explore the forest. What is he hoping to do?
a) cut down some trees
b) sleep under a tree
c) find out what lives there
d) run home quickly
Show answer
c) find out what lives there
