What does neighbour mean?
Word: Neighbour
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Neighbour means a person who lives next to you or near you.
How do you spell neighbour?
Syllables: neigh - bour
Tricky part: The ay sound is spelt eigh, as in eight and weigh.
Watch out for: naybour, nieghbour, neihbour
Memory tip: A horse goes neigh over the fence to the family next door; that neigh starts neighbour.
Neighbour in a sentence
Example 1: Our neighbour lent us his ladder to reach the mango tree.
Example 2: The neighbours shared sweets when their daughter passed her exams.
Example 3: Nepal is India's neighbour to the north.
Fun Fact
Neighbour comes from two Old English words: neah, 'near', and gebur, 'dweller', so a neighbour is a near dweller.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
neighb_u_
a) e, r
b) o, r
c) a, r
d) o, h
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b) o, r. British English ends the word in our, as in colour; American English drops the u.
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are misspelt. Choose the meaning of the one spelt correctly.
1. neighbour 2. visiter 3. collegue 4. aquaintance
a) a person you know a little
b) a person who lives next to or near you
c) a person you work with
d) a person who comes to see you
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b) a person who lives next to or near you. Colleague ends in eague, acquaintance has a c before the q, and visitor ends in or.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
Our new hgbieuonr helped us carry the heavy boxes up to the third floor.
a) nephew
b) labourer
c) neighbour
d) newcomer
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c) neighbour. Labourer needs an l and an a, nephew a p and a w, and newcomer a w, c and m; only neighbour uses these letters.
Word Makeup
Only one of these words takes the suffix hood to make a real word. Choose it.
hood
a) neighbour
b) doctor
c) teacher
d) farmer
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a) neighbour. Neighbour + hood gives neighbourhood, the area around your home; the others do not take hood.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Good neighbours often ____.
a) park across your gate
b) throw litter over your wall
c) water your plants while you are away
d) play loud music late at night
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c) water your plants while you are away
2. If two villages neighbour each other, they ____.
a) share one name
b) lie side by side
c) are far apart
d) speak different languages
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b) lie side by side
