Spell Bee Word: Passport

What does passport mean?

Word: Passport

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Passport means an official booklet from the government that shows who you are and lets you travel to other countries.

How do you spell passport?

Syllables: pass - port

Tricky part: Pass keeps its double s, even though you hear only one s sound in the middle.

Watch out for: pasport, pashport

Memory tip: You show it to pass through, so it keeps both s's of pass.

Passport in a sentence

Example 1: Mummy keeps our passports in a safe drawer.

Example 2: You need a passport to fly from Delhi to Dubai.

Example 3: The officer stamped my passport at the counter.

Fun Fact

An ordinary Indian passport has a dark blue cover with the national emblem printed on it.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) passpord
b) passpourt
c) passporte
d) passport

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d) passport. Only one choice has nothing added or changed after the double s.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

sprotsap

a) passport
b) passprot
c) passoprt
d) passotpr

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a) passport. Look at the last four letters: in the wrong choices some of them have swapped places.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) tickit
b) passport
c) lugage
d) suitcaise

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b) passport. Luggage, ticket and suitcase are misspelt here, so passport is right.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

p_ssport

a) u
b) a
c) e
d) o

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b) a. The first half is the word pass, with an a.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When you arrive in a new country, who checks your passport and stamps it?

a) an immigration officer
b) a station master
c) a bank manager
d) a ticket collector

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a) an immigration officer

2. Many countries also ask travellers for a ____, a paper or stamp that allows them to enter.

a) receipt
b) ticket
c) licence
d) visa

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d) visa

Associated Words

Next steps

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