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Spell Bee Word: Newspaper


What does newspaper mean?

Word: Newspaper

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Newspaper means large printed sheets that come out every day or week with news, pictures and articles.

Synonyms: daily

How do you spell newspaper?

Syllables: news - pa - per

Tricky part: The s of news must stay, even though it is easy to lose when you say the word quickly.

Watch out for: newpaper, nuspaper

Memory tip: Every newspaper is full of news, so the s at the end of news must stay, even when you say the word fast.

Newspaper in a sentence

Example 1: Papa reads the newspaper with his morning tea.

Example 2: Our school's science fair was in the newspaper.

Example 3: We wrapped the glasses in old newspaper before moving house.

Fun Fact

The Times of India, one of India's oldest English newspapers still printed, started in 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) headlin
b) newspaper
c) reportar
d) magazene

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b) newspaper. Magazine, headline and reporter are the right spellings of the other three.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

newspapper

a) s
b) a
c) e
d) p

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d) p. The second half of the word has one p in its middle, not two.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

newsp_p_r

a) a, o
b) e, a
c) a, e
d) e, e

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c) a, e. The second half has an a and then an e.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: newspaper

a) paper
b) letter
c) diary
d) poster

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a) paper. People often call a newspaper simply the paper, as in "Papa reads the paper at breakfast".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Someone who finds out the news and writes it for a newspaper is a ____.

a) reporter
b) publisher
c) printer
d) newsagent

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a) reporter

2. Which part of a newspaper tells you the cricket scores?

a) the crossword
b) the recipe column
c) the weather box
d) the sports page

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d) the sports page

Associated Words

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