What does nursery mean?
Word: Nursery
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Nursery means a place where very young children are looked after or go to school before they start Class 1. It is also a place where young plants are grown and sold.
How do you spell nursery?
Syllables: nurs - er - y
Tricky part: The middle e is said so quickly that it almost disappears, so children often write nursry or nursary.
Watch out for: nursry, nursary
Memory tip: Clap three beats as you say it; the soft middle beat is where the e lives.
Nursery in a sentence
Example 1: My little cousin goes to a nursery near our flat.
Example 2: We bought marigold and rose plants from the nursery.
Example 3: The nursery has bright paintings of animals on its walls.
Fun Fact
Nursery rhymes such as 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' are named after the nursery, the room in a big house where small children once played and slept.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Fill in the two missing letters to complete the word:
n_rser_
a) e, y
b) u, y
c) u, i
d) i, y
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b) u, y. The first vowel sound is spelt u as in fur, and the word finishes with a y.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The children at the nurssery sang a song about a little duck.
a) nurssery
b) song
c) children
d) duck
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a) nurssery. Just one s follows the first r.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) playgrownd
b) tiffen
c) nursery
d) classroome
Show answer
c) nursery. Playground ends in ound, classroom has no e at the end, and tiffin has two i's.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rysuner
a) nursory
b) nusrery
c) nursery
d) nursrey
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c) nursery. The two r's never sit side by side in this word.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which child is most likely to go to a nursery?
a) a ten-year-old
b) a three-year-old
c) a fifteen-year-old
d) a college student
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b) a three-year-old
2. Why do many parents send small children to a nursery?
a) to take part in the national games
b) to learn a trade for a job
c) to prepare for the Class 10 board exam
d) to play, sing and learn with other children
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d) to play, sing and learn with other children
