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What does parachute mean?

Word: Parachute

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Parachute means a large piece of cloth tied to a person or a box with strings. It opens in the air so they float down to the ground slowly.

Word origin: From French, where it meant something that guards against a fall.

How do you spell parachute?

Syllables: par - a - chute

Tricky part: The sh sound is spelt ch, as in chef.

Watch out for: parashute, parashoot

Memory tip: Parachute came from French, and French words often spell the sh sound with ch, as in chef. Think of a chef floating down under a parachute.

Parachute in a sentence

Example 1: A box of food floated down to the village under a parachute.

Example 2: We made a toy parachute from a hanky and some string.

Example 3: The parachute opened like a big flower in the sky.

Fun Fact

Leonardo da Vinci drew a design for a parachute more than 500 years ago.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) parachoot
b) parachute
c) parachutte
d) parachut

Show answer

b) parachute. The end is u, then one t, then a silent e.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ctaruhape

a) pracahute
b) parachute
c) paarchute
d) rapachute

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b) parachute. Pracahute and paarchute start wrongly, and rapachute swaps the first letters.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The parechute opened high in the sky.

a) sky
b) high
c) parechute
d) opened

Show answer

c) parechute. Para has two a's and no e.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

parrachute

a) c
b) p
c) r
d) a

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c) r. One r is enough near the start.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is most likely to use a parachute?

a) a skydiver
b) a lifeguard
c) a mountain guide
d) a train driver

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a) a skydiver

2. What else floats down slowly, like a parachute?

a) a marble
b) a coin
c) a stone
d) a feather

Show answer

d) a feather

Associated Words

Words that end in -ute: dispute, cute, distribute, contribute

More words from this list

scared, stool, whether, bedspread, cockerel, estimate, guest, laughter

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