What does inaudible mean?
Word: Inaudible
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Inaudible means too quiet or too faint to be heard.
How do you spell inaudible?
Syllables: in - au - di - ble
Tricky part: The ending is the trap. Two common endings sound the same here, and pupils often pick the one this word does not use.
Watch out for: inaudable, inaudibel
Memory tip: Say to yourself, "I cannot hear it." That I is the vowel you want in the ending.
Inaudible in a sentence
Example 1: The whisper from the back row was inaudible to the teacher.
Example 2: Her voice was almost inaudible over the noise of the fans in the stadium.
Example 3: The last words on the old radio were inaudible as the signal faded.
Fun Fact
Elephants call to each other with rumbles so deep that much of the sound is inaudible to human ears, yet other elephants can pick it up from a long way off.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word:
audible
a) in
b) mis
c) un
d) dis
Show answer
a) in. This beginning means not, as it does in incorrect and inactive.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
inauddible
a) n
b) d
c) u
d) b
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b) d. One letter has been doubled where a single one is enough.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
bdnaiuile
a) indelible
b) inaudible
c) invisible
d) insoluble
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b) inaudible. The jumble contains an a, and none of the other three words has one.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) indipendent
b) innocant
c) inaudible
d) intellegent
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c) inaudible. Intelligent has an i after the double l, independent has an e after the d, and innocent ends in ent.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. During a video call, a speaker's words become inaudible. What is the best thing to say?
a) Please dim your screen light.
b) Please close that other tab.
c) Please move your camera left.
d) Please turn up your microphone.
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d) Please turn up your microphone.
2. Standing a kilometre away, which sound would be inaudible to you?
a) a ship's siren in the harbour
b) a pin dropping on a carpet
c) a thunderclap over the valley
d) a train horn at full blast
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b) a pin dropping on a carpet
