What does lifeguard mean?
Word: Lifeguard
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Lifeguard means a person whose job is to keep swimmers safe at a beach or a swimming pool.
How do you spell lifeguard?
Syllables: life - guard
Tricky part: The trouble is in the second half. The u comes before the a, but students swap them and write lifegaurd, or drop the u and write lifegard.
Watch out for: lifegaurd, lifegard
Memory tip: Guards stand in a line, and U comes first: Uniform, then Alert.
Lifeguard in a sentence
Example 1: Our swimming club has a lifeguard on duty every evening.
Example 2: Sameer trained for a year to become a lifeguard.
Example 3: A lifeguard in a red shirt walked along the sand at Marina Beach.
Fun Fact
Lifeguards in many countries use red and yellow flags to mark the stretch of beach where it is best to swim.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
ugldrfaie
a) lifeguard
b) lifetime
c) lighthouse
d) lifestyle
Show answer
a) lifeguard. Only this option has a d.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
l_fegua_d
a) i, r
b) y, r
c) i, l
d) e, r
Show answer
a) i, r. Lifetime shows the first gap; in the second, an r comes just before the final d.
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) babysiter
b) shopkeaper
c) firefigter
d) lifeguard
Show answer
d) lifeguard. Firefighter needs an h, babysitter a double t, and shopkeeper a double e.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The lifeguard on Bondi beach blew his wistle when the waves grew high.
a) waves
b) wistle
c) beach
d) lifeguard
Show answer
b) wistle. Whistle starts with wh and has a silent t.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where would you most likely see a person doing this job?
a) on a high chair beside a pool
b) behind the counter of a bakery
c) at a desk in a quiet bank
d) on a ladder in a fruit orchard
Show answer
a) on a high chair beside a pool
2. Which skill must a lifeguard have above all?
a) strong swimming
b) careful baking
c) neat handwriting
d) fast typing
Show answer
a) strong swimming
