What does picnic mean?
Word: Picnic
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Picnic means a meal that you take with you and eat out of doors, often sitting on a rug or mat.
How do you spell picnic?
Syllables: pic - nic
Tricky part: There is no k at the end. Picnic finishes with a plain c, so picnick is wrong.
Watch out for: picnick, picnik
Memory tip: At the end of picnic the c stands all alone: no k comes along to keep it company.
Picnic in a sentence
Example 1: On Sunday we had a picnic in Lodhi Garden with our cousins.
Example 2: Mum packed sandwiches and fruit for the school picnic.
Example 3: A line of ants found our picnic before we did.
Fun Fact
The English word picnic comes from the French pique-nique, once used for a meal where each guest brought some of the food.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
We spread a mat under a big mango tree for our picnic and shared some sandwitches.
a) only mango
b) picnic and sandwitches
c) spread and shared
d) only sandwitches
Show answer
d) only sandwitches. Sandwiches has no t before the ch; picnic in this sentence is spelt correctly.
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
cnipci
a) a game you play with a bat and a ball
b) a quiet song that you sing at bedtime
c) a small shop that sells sweets and toys
d) a meal shared on the grass in a garden
Show answer
d) a meal shared on the grass in a garden. Unscrambled, the letters give picnic, a meal eaten out of doors.
Word Champ
In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. pizza 2. pillow 3. picnic
a) 321
b) 312
c) 231
d) 123
Show answer
a) 321. After pi, compare the third letters: c comes before l, and l comes before z.
Sound Check
Which of the following words has the 'i' sound as in picnic?
a) pine
b) pain
c) pin
d) pea
Show answer
c) pin. Pin has the same short i as both parts of picnic; pine, pea and pain have long vowel sounds.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What weather is best for a picnic?
a) a dark, windy night
b) a dry, sunny day
c) a wet, rainy day
d) a cold, snowy evening
Show answer
b) a dry, sunny day
2. What should you do with your rubbish after a picnic?
a) leave it on the grass
b) hide it under a bush
c) throw it in the lake
d) take it home with you
Show answer
d) take it home with you
