What does limousine mean?
Word: Limousine
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Limousine means a very large, expensive car, often with a glass wall behind the driver.
How do you spell limousine?
Syllables: lim - ou - sine
Tricky part: The vowels after the m are barely heard, so pupils drop one and write limosine or limusine. Both the o and the u belong there.
Watch out for: limosine, limusine, limoosine
Memory tip: A car this big has room for two: let o and u sit side by side in the middle.
Limousine in a sentence
Example 1: A white limousine waited outside the hotel in Udaipur.
Example 2: The visiting president stepped out of a long limousine and waved.
Example 3: We counted six windows along one side of the limousine.
Fun Fact
The limousine takes its name from a region of central France. Shepherds there wore a hooded cloak, and the covered roof of early cars was said to look like it.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
l_mous_ne
a) i, e
b) e, e
c) i, i
d) e, i
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c) i, i. Both gaps hold an i, even though the second one sounds like ee.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
limmousine
a) s
b) m
c) l
d) n
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b) m. This word has no double letters at all.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
A long black miuisnole drew up at the gate, and the chief guest stepped out.
a) lemonade
b) limitless
c) limestone
d) limousine
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d) limousine. Spot the u: limestone, lemonade and limitless have none.
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the one that is not.
1. caravan 2. limouzine 3. scooter 4. rickshaw
a) a light three-wheeled passenger vehicle
b) a home on wheels pulled by a car
c) a small two-wheeled motor vehicle
d) a very long, grand car
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d) a very long, grand car. The z sound in this word is written with an s.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What do we call a person paid to drive a limousine?
a) a chauffeur
b) a mechanic
c) a navigator
d) a conductor
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a) a chauffeur
2. Why would a limousine struggle in a narrow old lane?
a) It can run only on new highways.
b) Its roof is too low for the lane.
c) It is very long and hard to turn.
d) Its doors open only at the back.
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c) It is very long and hard to turn.
