What does insignia mean?
Word: Insignia
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Insignia means the mark or badge that shows a person's rank or the group they belong to.
How do you spell insignia?
Syllables: in - sig - ni - a
Tricky part: The ending is the trouble: pupils write insignea or insigna. The last two letters are ia.
Watch out for: insignea, insigna, insigniya
Memory tip: An insignia shows who I Am, and those two capitals, I and A, close the word.
Insignia in a sentence
Example 1: The scouts sewed their troop insignia on to their shirts.
Example 2: Visitors admired the old royal insignia in the palace museum.
Example 3: Our house captains wear small silver insignia on their ties.
Fun Fact
Insignia began as a Latin plural. Its Latin singular, insigne, meant a sign or badge of office.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Three words in the list are spelt correctly. Choose what the misspelt one means.
1. trophey 2. blazer 3. banner 4. insignia
a) a prize such as a cup, given to a winner
b) symbols that mark out a person's position
c) a long strip of cloth carrying a message
d) a smart jacket, often worn at school
Show answer
a) a prize such as a cup, given to a winner. Trophy has no e, so it is the misspelt word.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word insignia as used in the sentence:
Each prefect wore the school's insignia on the pocket of the blazer.
a) emblem
b) sleeve
c) button
d) collar
Show answer
a) emblem. An emblem is a design that stands for a group, here the school.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence and choose the word they make:
The gold niiiasng on the pilot's shoulders show how senior she is.
a) insects
b) insignia
c) insights
d) signals
Show answer
b) insignia. There are three i's in the letters, and only insignia has them.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
innsignia
a) g
b) a
c) n
d) s
Show answer
c) n. The word opens with an i and just one n.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where would you be most likely to notice insignia?
a) on a captain's uniform
b) on a sack of rice
c) on a bicycle wheel
d) on a wooden spoon
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a) on a captain's uniform
2. What do insignia tell an onlooker?
a) where the wearer lives
b) what time the shift ends
c) who holds which position
d) how old the cloth is
Show answer
c) who holds which position
