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Spell Bee Word: Microphone


What does microphone mean?

Word: Microphone

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Microphone means a device that picks up sounds, such as your voice, so they can be made louder, recorded or sent far away.

Synonyms: mic, mike

How do you spell microphone?

Syllables: mi - cro - phone

Tricky part: The f sound at the end is spelt ph, as in phone. The start sounds like 'my', so pupils sometimes write a y there.

Watch out for: microfone, microphon, mycrophone

Memory tip: The word ends in phone, so write phone exactly as you would on its own and add the small word in front.

Microphone in a sentence

Example 1: The principal spoke into the microphone at the morning assembly.

Example 2: My microphone was on mute during the online class.

Example 3: The singer held the microphone close to her lips.

Fun Fact

Some of the earliest microphones, made in the 1870s, were built to make early telephones work better.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) microphone
b) speeker
c) sterio
d) recordor

Show answer

a) microphone. Speaker has e-a, recorder ends in er and stereo ends in e-o, so microphone is the one spelt right.

Word Makeup

Choose the correct prefix to make a new word:

phone

a) mikro
b) micra
c) micre
d) micro

Show answer

d) micro. The prefix meaning small is spelt m-i-c-r-o.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

micrrophone

a) m
b) o
c) c
d) r

Show answer

d) r. Only one r belongs straight after the c.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

icohpeomrn

a) mcirophone
b) microphone
c) mircophone
d) micorphone

Show answer

b) microphone. The last five letters spell something you make calls on.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To make a voice louder, a microphone is used with ____.

a) a printer
b) a scanner
c) a loudspeaker
d) a projector

Show answer

c) a loudspeaker

2. Your phone needs its microphone when you ____.

a) check the time
b) talk on a call
c) look at photos
d) read a message

Show answer

b) talk on a call

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Next steps

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