What does immobile mean?
Word: Immobile
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Immobile means not moving at all, or not able to move.
Synonyms: stationary
How do you spell immobile?
Syllables: im - mo - bile
Tricky part: One m is the common slip. The opening of this word needs two of them, side by side.
Watch out for: imobile, emmobile, immobil
Memory tip: Two m's stand shoulder to shoulder here, refusing to budge.
Immobile in a sentence
Example 1: The heron stood immobile in the shallow pond, waiting for a fish.
Example 2: Traffic near the Gateway of India stayed immobile for almost an hour.
Example 3: The toy robot lay immobile until we put in fresh batteries.
Fun Fact
Adult barnacles are immobile, cementing themselves to rocks and ships' hulls for life, even though their young swim freely in the sea.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
imm_b_le
a) a,i
b) o,i
c) o,e
d) u,i
Show answer
b) o,i. The middle sounds like the o in go, and the last beat has the long i of smile.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The lizard stayed mboielmi on the warm wall for most of the afternoon.
a) immature
b) immune
c) immense
d) immobile
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d) immobile. A b and a second i rule out the other three words.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word immobile as used in the sentence:
The goalkeeper stayed immobile for a moment, then dived low to her left and saved the penalty.
a) nervous
b) upright
c) alert
d) motionless
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d) motionless. She has not moved yet, and motionless says just that.
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the one that is not.
1. souvenir 2. tranquill 3. immobile 4. glacier
a) a huge mass of ice moving slowly downhill
b) an object kept to remember a place
c) unable to shift from one spot
d) calm, quiet and free from disturbance
Show answer
d) calm, quiet and free from disturbance. Tranquil closes with a single l; glacier, souvenir and the page word are all fine.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is immobile at this moment?
a) a bicycle locked to a railing
b) a kite rising above the roofs
c) a bee circling over the flowers
d) a ball rolling across the lawn
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a) a bicycle locked to a railing
2. The ferry was immobile for two hours. What happened?
a) It crossed the river two times
b) It carried twice as many people
c) It sailed faster than usual
d) It stayed in one place until later
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d) It stayed in one place until later
