What does gazebo mean?
Word: Gazebo
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Gazebo means a small garden or park building, roofed but open at the sides.
How do you spell gazebo?
Syllables: ga - ze - bo
Tricky part: The long ee sound in the middle is spelt with a single e. Students stretch it and add a letter.
Watch out for: gazeebo, gazeboe
Memory tip: However long you stretch the middle sound, keep a single e: a gazebo is a small building, so give it a small vowel.
Gazebo in a sentence
Example 1: A band played in the gazebo at the centre of the park.
Example 2: Rain sent us running to the gazebo by the lake.
Example 3: Grandma drinks her morning tea in the gazebo.
Fun Fact
Nobody is sure where the word comes from. One popular idea is that it began as a joke, with a Latin-style ending added to an everyday English word to mean I shall look.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Probe
Find the misspelt word in the sentence and choose its meaning:
On warm nights the family sat in the little white gasebo at the end of the garden and listened to crickets chirping in the hedge.
a) the part of the day when the sky is dark
b) a shelter where you can sit outdoors on warm days
c) a row of bushes planted close together
d) a small jumping insect that makes a shrill sound
Show answer
b) a shelter where you can sit outdoors on warm days. The misspelt word needs a z; the option that describes it is the garden shelter.
Jumble Tumble
Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form the name of a small building in a garden?
a) zobegat
b) zobegi
c) zbega
d) zobega
Show answer
d) zobega. Only this set has the six letters needed, with none missing, wrong or extra.
Word Champ
Read the three statements and choose the correct option:
1. A gazebo gives shade to people sitting in a garden. 2. A trellis is a wooden frame that supports climbing plants. 3. A wheelbarow is a small cart for moving soil.
a) all three are correct
b) only 1 and 2 are correct
c) only 1 is correct
d) only 2 and 3 are correct
Show answer
b) only 1 and 2 are correct. The first two are true, but wheelbarrow in the last statement has lost one of its r's.
Spellacadabra
Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order:
a, e, o
a) g_z_b_
b) d_m_n_
c) p_t_t_
d) c_m_r_
Show answer
a) g_z_b_. Camera, domino and potato all need different vowels, so only the garden word takes these three.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What would a family most likely do in a gazebo?
a) park the car in the shade
b) sit and share an evening snack
c) store their winter coats and rugs
d) wash the week's clothes by hand
Show answer
b) sit and share an evening snack
2. Why does a gazebo usually have no walls?
a) so it stays warm through the winter
b) so cars can drive straight through it
c) so it can be moved around on wheels
d) so people can look out at the garden
Show answer
d) so people can look out at the garden
