What does hygiene mean?
Word: Hygiene
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Hygiene means the habit of keeping your body and the things around you clean so that you stay healthy.
Synonyms: cleanliness
How do you spell hygiene?
Syllables: hy - giene
Tricky part: The first vowel sound, as in high, is spelt y here, so children often start with hi or hai.
Watch out for: higiene, haigiene
Memory tip: Healthy Youngsters stand at the front of the queue: their first letters, H and Y, open the word.
Hygiene in a sentence
Example 1: Our class teacher checks nails every Monday to remind us about hygiene.
Example 2: Good kitchen hygiene means washing the vegetables and wiping the counter.
Example 3: The school nurse gave a short talk on dental hygiene after assembly.
Fun Fact
Hygiene has its own date in the calendar: Global Handwashing Day, marked on 15 October each year, teaches hand hygiene in schools around the world.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
ngeiyeh
a) hyphen
b) hyena
c) hydrogen
d) hygiene
Show answer
d) hygiene. Spot the g and the two e's in the jumble: hygiene is the only option with all three.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
hy_ien_
a) j, a
b) g, e
c) j, e
d) g, i
Show answer
b) g, e. The soft sound here comes from g, and a silent vowel closes the word.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
A clean canteen and good hygeine are the pride of our school.
a) hygeine
b) school
c) canteen
d) pride
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a) hygeine. After the g, the i leads and the e follows.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) exersise
b) nutrision
c) vitimin
d) hygiene
Show answer
d) hygiene. Tion closes nutrition, a c comes before the last s of exercise, and the middle of vitamin needs an a.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which habit shows good hygiene?
a) reading one chapter before every bedtime
b) reaching your classroom before the bell
c) bathing before every school day
d) finishing your homework before dinner
Show answer
c) bathing before every school day
2. A hygiene lesson at school would teach you about ____.
a) adding fractions and measuring angles
b) combing hair and changing socks
c) tuning guitars and singing scales
d) drawing maps and naming rivers
Show answer
b) combing hair and changing socks
