What does injure mean?
Word: Injure
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Injure means to hurt a person or an animal, for example in a fall or an accident.
Synonyms: hurt, harm
Antonyms: heal
How do you spell injure?
Syllables: in - jure
Tricky part: The end sounds like jer, but it is spelt with ure. Children write injer or injur and leave out the final e.
Watch out for: injer, injur, injuer
Memory tip: Make sure you don't injure yourself: sure and injure end the same way.
Injure in a sentence
Example 1: Wear knee pads so you don't injure your knees.
Example 2: Luckily, the falling branch did not injure anyone.
Example 3: Players can injure their wrists if they fall without care.
Fun Fact
Injure was made from the older word injury, which goes back to the Latin injuria, meaning a wrong or an unfair act, not only a wound.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Spies
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) measure
b) ingure
c) capture
d) picture
Show answer
b) ingure. The middle sound of injure is written with j; measure, picture and capture are correct.
Word Champ
Choose the correct word for the blank:
Walk slowly on the wet floor, or you might ______ your back.
a) injured
b) injury
c) injure
d) injuring
Show answer
c) injure. After might we need the plain action word, injure; injury is the name of the hurt.
Jumble Tumble
Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
rujine 123456
a) 453216
b) 453261
c) 543216
d) 435216
Show answer
a) 453216. Begin with i (4) and n (5), then j (3), u (2), r (1) and e (6).
Spellacadabra
From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
a) innjure
b) furniture
c) mixture
d) creature
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a) innjure. The first beat of injure is in, with one n.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What helps a cyclist not to injure their head?
a) a bell
b) a basket
c) a helmet
d) a pump
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c) a helmet
2. What is the best thing to do if you injure your knee in a game?
a) wait till the game ends
b) hide it from everyone
c) keep running on it
d) stop and tell an adult
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d) stop and tell an adult
