What does minibus mean?
Word: Minibus
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Minibus means a small bus for carrying a group of people.
How do you spell minibus?
Syllables: min - i - bus
Tricky part: The word ends with bus, so there is only one s at the end. Add es only when there is more than one: minibuses.
Watch out for: minibuss, minibas
Memory tip: However small it is, a minibus is still a bus, so the end is spelt exactly as bus is, with one s.
Minibus in a sentence
Example 1: The school minibus picks us up at seven every morning.
Example 2: Our dance group hired a minibus for the trip to Pune.
Example 3: The minibus waited outside the temple while we bought flowers.
Fun Fact
Bus is a short form of omnibus, a Latin word meaning for all, because the first buses carried anyone who paid the fare.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word:
____bus
a) mani
b) miny
c) mini
d) mine
Show answer
c) mini. Mini, meaning small, is the same beginning as in miniature.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) motorcicle
b) rikshaw
c) minibus
d) tractar
Show answer
c) minibus. Rickshaw needs a c before the k, motorcycle has a y and tractor ends in or.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The minibus took our team to the stadium, but the drivver missed the turning.
a) turning
b) drivver
c) stadium
d) minibus
Show answer
b) drivver. Driver has one v, just like river.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
nsibumi
a) minibus
b) sunbeam
c) minimum
d) nimbus
Show answer
a) minibus. Nimbus is one i short, minimum needs more m's, and sunbeam needs an e and an a.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why might a village school choose a minibus rather than a big bus?
a) it can run without a driver
b) it is longer and much taller
c) it fits more easily on narrow lanes
d) it can carry many more children
Show answer
c) it fits more easily on narrow lanes
2. A minibus usually has seats for about ____ passengers.
a) sixty
b) two hundred
c) twelve
d) two
Show answer
c) twelve
