What does feature mean?
Word: Feature
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Feature means an important or interesting part of something. Your features are the parts of your face, such as your eyes and nose.
How do you spell feature?
Syllables: fea - ture
Tricky part: The long ee sound after the f is written ea, not ee or i. Children often write feeture or fiture.
Watch out for: feeture, fiture
Memory tip: Every Animal has its own special feature: let E and A, in that order, follow the f.
Feature in a sentence
Example 1: The best feature of our new classroom is the big window.
Example 2: A long trunk is the main feature of an elephant.
Example 3: The school magazine has a feature on the science fair.
Fun Fact
In newspapers and magazines, a feature is a longer special article, and a feature film is a full-length film rather than a short one.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
fea_ur_
a) c, e
b) t, a
c) s, e
d) t, e
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d) t, e. With this pair the word is said fee-cher, which is how it really sounds.
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
feature
a) less
b) liss
c) les
d) lass
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a) less. Featureless means plain, with nothing special to notice, and it ends like careless.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) colour
b) feature
c) favourite
d) intresting
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d) intresting. Interesting keeps the e after the t, even though people often skip it when they speak.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
urtaefe
a) feature
b) featrue
c) featuer
d) feautre
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a) feature. It is a part of something that stands out, like the stripes on a zebra.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A guide shows a group of visitors the main features of an old fort. What is she most likely pointing out?
a) its tall gates and towers
b) the weather for the week
c) the bus times for going home
d) the price of the tickets
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a) its tall gates and towers
2. A giraffe's best-known feature helps it reach high leaves. What is it?
a) its very long neck
b) its loud deep roar
c) its short bushy tail
d) its striped black coat
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a) its very long neck
