What does freight mean?
Word: Freight
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Freight means goods that are carried from place to place by train, ship, lorry or plane.
Synonyms: goods
How do you spell freight?
Syllables: freight
Tricky part: The 'ay' sound is spelt eigh, as in eight and weight, and the gh is silent. Do not mix it up with fright, which has igh and rhymes with kite.
Watch out for: frait, frate, fraight
Memory tip: Freight is weight with fr instead of w. Freight trains carry a great weight, and both words use eigh.
Freight in a sentence
Example 1: The long freight train was loaded with coal.
Example 2: Ships carry freight from Mumbai port to other countries.
Example 3: The shopkeeper paid extra to send the freight by air.
Fun Fact
Indian Railways has built special freight corridors, which are tracks used only by goods trains so that passenger trains do not have to wait for them.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) freight
b) platfrom
c) pasenger
d) engin
Show answer
a) freight. The other three each have one slip - a missing e, a swapped r and o, a missing s - so freight is the answer.
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
freight
a) or
b) ure
c) ar
d) er
Show answer
d) er. A ship or plane that carries freight is a freighter, with er as in worker.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: freight
a) station
b) ticket
c) cargo
d) passenger
Show answer
c) cargo. Cargo is the load a ship, plane or train carries, which is just what freight is.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The long freight train carryed coal to the power station.
a) coal
b) carryed
c) freight
d) station
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b) carryed. Carry changes y to i before ed: carried. Freight is spelt right here.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A goods train is carrying freight. What could be on it?
a) passengers on holiday
b) a driver going home
c) sacks of rice for shops
d) children going to school
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c) sacks of rice for shops
2. A company sends freight by air when it ____.
a) needs the goods to arrive fast
b) is sending a group of tourists
c) has only one letter to post
d) wants the cheapest way to send them
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a) needs the goods to arrive fast
