What does eyeglasses mean?
Word: Eyeglasses
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Eyeglasses means a pair of glass or plastic lenses in a frame that you wear in front of your eyes to see better. Eyeglasses is mainly an American word; in British English people usually just say glasses.
Synonyms: glasses
How do you spell eyeglasses?
Syllables: eye - glass - es
Tricky part: Keep the e at the end of eye, and make the ending es, not is or ess.
Watch out for: eyeglasess, eyeglassis, iglasses
Memory tip: An eye has an e on each side of its y, like two lenses either side of a nose: keep both e's at the start and never begin with a lone i.
Eyeglasses in a sentence
Example 1: Grandpa cannot read the newspaper without his eyeglasses.
Example 2: Kavya chose eyeglasses with a red frame.
Example 3: Clean your eyeglasses with a soft cloth, not your shirt.
Fun Fact
Glasses for reading were first made in Italy around 1290, and early pairs rested on the nose instead of hooking over the ears.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) teliscope
b) eyeglasses
c) binoculers
d) microscoap
Show answer
b) eyeglasses. Telescope and microscope both end in scope, and binoculars ends in ars, so eyeglasses is the one spelt right.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
eyeglasses
a) earrings
b) spectacles
c) eyelids
d) eyebrows
Show answer
b) spectacles. Spectacles is another name for eyeglasses.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Dadi could not find her eyeglases, so Rohan read the letter to her.
a) read
b) eyeglases
c) letter
d) could
Show answer
b) eyeglases. One s is missing from glasses in eyeglases.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
sglesseyae
a) eyegalsses
b) eyeglasses
c) eyelgasses
d) eyeaglsses
Show answer
b) eyeglasses. Find eye first; the letters left spell what the lenses are made of, with an ending for more than one.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Grandpa cannot find his eyeglasses. Which job will be hardest for him?
a) listening to the news on the radio
b) drinking a hot cup of tea
c) reading the small print on a medicine box
d) walking to the garden gate
Show answer
c) reading the small print on a medicine box
2. Who would check whether you need eyeglasses?
a) a heart doctor
b) an eye doctor
c) a bone doctor
d) a skin doctor
Show answer
b) an eye doctor
