What does intrude mean?
Word: Intrude
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Intrude means to go into a place or a situation where you are not wanted or have not been invited.
Synonyms: trespass, barge in, interrupt, invade
How do you spell intrude?
Syllables: in - trude
Tricky part: The long 'oo' sound is spelt u with an e at the end, split by the d: intr-u-d-e. Students write introod or intrued.
Watch out for: introod, intrued, intrud
Memory tip: Someone who intrudes is being rude, and rude sits right inside the word: in + t + rude.
Intrude in a sentence
Example 1: Sorry to intrude, but your auto has arrived.
Example 2: A monkey intruded into our kitchen and ran off with a banana.
Example 3: I did not want to intrude on Nani's afternoon nap.
Fun Fact
It comes from the Latin intrudere, to thrust in. Protrude, which means to stick out, shares the same root.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Champ
In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. intrude 2. introduce 3. intruder 4. intricate
a) 2143
b) 2413
c) 4231
d) 4213
Show answer
d) 4213. After the shared intr, the next letters are i, o and u, and intruder comes after intrude because it simply has one letter more.
Spell Spies
Choose the pair which has a spelling error:
a) explode : explosion
b) intrude : intrution
c) divide : division
d) decide : decision
Show answer
b) intrude : intrution. Verbs that end in -de make their nouns with -sion, so the noun is intrusion.
Sound Check
Which word does not rhyme with intrude?
a) glued
b) mood
c) shrewd
d) blood
Show answer
d) blood. Blood has the o-o of mood, yet it is said 'blud', so it is the odd one out.
Spell Probe
Choose the meaning of the misspelt word in the given sentence:
A stray goat tried to intrude into the school garden, but the watchman gently led it back to the feild.
a) a person whose job is to guard a building
b) an animal with horns, often kept for its milk
c) a piece of land where flowers and vegetables are grown
d) an open area of land, often with grass
Show answer
d) an open area of land, often with grass. Feild is the slip; field is one of the words that does follow i before e.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Someone is intruding when they are ____.
a) thanking the conductor for the ticket
b) sitting quietly in their own seat on the bus
c) waving to a friend at the bus stop
d) reading over a stranger's shoulder on the bus
Show answer
d) reading over a stranger's shoulder on the bus
2. To intrude on someone's privacy is to ____.
a) protect them from any kind of danger
b) disturb them when they want to be alone
c) send them a gift on their birthday
d) agree with everything they say
Show answer
b) disturb them when they want to be alone
