What does narrate mean?
Word: Narrate
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Narrate means to tell a story or describe events one after another, usually out loud.
Synonyms: tell, relate
How do you spell narrate?
Syllables: nar - rate
Tricky part: The r is doubled in the middle; a single r is the slip most children make.
Watch out for: narate, naratte
Memory tip: Rolling r, rolling r: narrate rolls two of them before it reaches the end.
Narrate in a sentence
Example 1: Grandpa loves to narrate stories about his school days in the village.
Example 2: A famous actor was chosen to narrate the wildlife film about tigers.
Example 3: Each group had to narrate the events of the science fair in the right order.
Fun Fact
In many audiobooks a single actor narrates the whole story but gives a different voice to every character.
Practise the CREST Way
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
tranare
a) to fit the parts of something together to build it
b) to walk slowly and heavily because you are tired
c) to say that you will not accept an offer
d) to be the voice that guides listeners through a film
Show answer
d) to be the voice that guides listeners through a film. Narrate uses all seven letters; the other definitions are for trudge, decline and assemble.
Spell Spies
Choose the pair which has a spelling error:
a) narrate : narrator
b) collect : collecter
c) visit : visitor
d) act : actor
Show answer
b) collect : collecter. Narrator, actor and visitor all take -or, and so does collector.
Sound Check
Which word does not rhyme with narrate?
narrate
a) debate
b) straight
c) freight
d) climate
Show answer
d) climate. Climate ends with a weak 'mit' sound, so it does not rhyme with narrate.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the sentence?
Our teacher asked Kavya to narrait the story of the thirsty crow, and the whole class listend quitely till the end.
a) 3
b) 2
c) 4
d) 1
Show answer
a) 3. Narrate finishes like late, listened keeps the e of listen, and quietly needs an e after the i.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which word is closest in meaning to narrate?
a) repeat
b) review
c) recount
d) rewrite
Show answer
c) recount
2. If a story is narrated in the first person, which word will you see most often?
a) she
b) you
c) they
d) I
Show answer
d) I
