What does knowledge mean?
Word: Knowledge
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Knowledge means what you know and understand, from learning or from experience.
Synonyms: understanding, learning, wisdom
How do you spell knowledge?
Syllables: knowl - edge
Tricky part: There are two silent letters, k at the start and d before ge. Children often write knowlege or nowledge.
Watch out for: knowlege, nowledge, knolledge
Memory tip: The d is the quiet letter children forget: tap the desk once for it just before you write the ge.
Knowledge in a sentence
Example 1: My grandfather has a lot of knowledge about birds.
Example 2: The quiz tested our general knowledge.
Example 3: Reading newspapers adds to your knowledge of the world.
Fun Fact
The k in know and knowledge was once spoken aloud. It fell silent a few hundred years ago, but the spelling kept it.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
knowledge
a) ignorance
b) talent
c) skill
d) patience
Show answer
a) ignorance. Ignorance is having no idea about something, the opposite of knowledge.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) libary
b) knowledge
c) sience
d) inteligence
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b) knowledge. Science, library and intelligence have each lost a letter (a c, an r and an l); knowledge has not.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
dglowenke
a) ledger
b) knowing
c) knowledge
d) kneeling
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c) knowledge. Knowing and kneeling have an i and are too short, and ledger has an r.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Grandma's knowledge of old songs surprised everyone at the famly party.
a) songs
b) knowledge
c) surprised
d) famly
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d) famly. Family has an i between the m and the l.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the best way to gain knowledge?
a) guessing every answer
b) copying a friend's answers
c) skipping the hard chapters
d) reading and asking questions
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d) reading and asking questions
2. A person with a lot of knowledge about one subject is
a) a stranger
b) an expert
c) a beginner
d) a visitor
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b) an expert
