What does motorway mean?
Word: Motorway
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Motorway means a wide main road with several lanes on each side, made for long trips by car and lorry. In India a road like this is usually called an expressway.
How do you spell motorway?
Syllables: mo - tor - way
Tricky part: The weak sound in the middle is spelt or, not er, even though it sounds just like the end of water.
Watch out for: moterway, motarway
Memory tip: On a fast road there is no room for error, so leave out the er: the middle is spelt or.
Motorway in a sentence
Example 1: In England, my cousin's family took the motorway to visit the seaside.
Example 2: Cars on the motorway must keep to the speed limit shown on the signs.
Example 3: From the bridge we watched the lorries rush along the motorway below.
Fun Fact
Britain's first motorway was the Preston bypass, which opened in 1958 and later became part of the M6. British motorways are named with the letter M and a number.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) flyovar
b) foothpath
c) motorway
d) roundabaut
Show answer
c) motorway. Flyover ends in er, footpath has no h after foot, and roundabout ends with out.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
ywartomo
a) motorbike
b) motorway
c) motorist
d) motorcade
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b) motorway. All four start the same way, but the others want letters such as i, s, c, d, b or k, and there is a y and a w here.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
motorrway
a) t
b) o
c) w
d) r
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d) r. One r is enough before the w; the second does not belong.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) vehicle
b) junction
c) motorwey
d) traffic
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c) motorwey. The end of the road word is spelt ay, like the way you walk to school.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is usually not allowed on a motorway?
a) a lorry
b) a coach
c) a bicycle
d) a car
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c) a bicycle
2. Why are motorways built with several lanes on each side?
a) so that farmers can dry their crops
b) so that buses can park there all day
c) so that lots of traffic can move quickly
d) so that people can walk beside the cars
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c) so that lots of traffic can move quickly
