What does mobile mean?
Word: Mobile
Part of Speech: Noun, adjective
Meaning: Mobile means a phone without wires that you carry around with you; it is short for mobile phone. As an adjective, mobile means able to move or be moved easily.
How do you spell mobile?
Syllables: mo - bile
Tricky part: Children who spell by sound often write mobail or mobyle for the end. That last part is spelt ile.
Watch out for: mobail, mobyle
Memory tip: Picture the i near the end of mobile as a tall phone aerial standing just before the l.
Mobile in a sentence
Example 1: Papa called us on his mobile from the railway station.
Example 2: Please switch off your mobile before the concert starts.
Example 3: Nani has learnt to send voice notes on her new mobile.
Fun Fact
A mobile is also a hanging decoration with light parts that turn in moving air, and many are hung above a baby's cot.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Grandma keeps her mobbile in a small cloth bag.
a) cloth
b) small
c) mobbile
d) Grandma
Show answer
c) mobbile. This word needs just one b.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
moobile
a) e
b) b
c) l
d) o
Show answer
d) o. The long o sound at the start is a single o here.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) mobile
b) telefone
c) mesage
d) camra
Show answer
a) mobile. Telephone uses ph, message has a double s, and camera has an e after the m.
Word Makeup
Choose the correct prefix to make the opposite word:
mobile
a) dis
b) im
c) in
d) un
Show answer
b) im. Before an m, this not-prefix is usually im, as in immature.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A mobile library is a library that ...
a) travels from place to place in a van
b) is built under the ground
c) keeps only books about phones
d) opens only late at night
Show answer
a) travels from place to place in a van
2. Why did Grandpa put his mobile on charge before the trip?
a) so its battery would not run out
b) so it would weigh less in his bag
c) so it would ring more loudly
d) so its screen would grow bigger
Show answer
a) so its battery would not run out
