What does pictorial mean?
Word: Pictorial
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Pictorial means using or shown in pictures.
Synonyms: visual
How do you spell pictorial?
Syllables: pic - to - ri - al
Tricky part: The word does not keep the u of picture. The vowel before the r is an o, so picturial is wrong.
Watch out for: picturial, pictural
Memory tip: Treat it like tutorial and editorial, where an o sits before the r.
Pictorial in a sentence
Example 1: The textbook gives a pictorial guide to the parts of a flower.
Example 2: Our project used a pictorial chart to show how much water each family uses.
Example 3: The map's pictorial symbols helped the younger children find the zoo.
Fun Fact
It goes back to the Latin for a painter, so it once suited brushwork better than photographs. The British newspaper the Sunday Pictorial, started in 1915, put the word in its name because it relied so much on photos.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:
p_c_orial
a) a, t
b) i, t
c) e, t
d) i, k
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b) i, t. The opening is the same as the word it comes from.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word pictorial as used in the sentence:
The book gives a pictorial history of Indian Railways, from steam engines to the newest trains.
a) rhyming
b) unwritten
c) illustrated
d) abridged
Show answer
c) illustrated. A history full of pictures is an illustrated one.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters to find the word that fits the sentence:
The museum's olaictrip guide uses drawings rather than long paragraphs.
a) pictorial
b) perpetual
c) political
d) practical
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a) pictorial. Nine letters with an r, two i's and just one l leave one word.
Spell-o-Spell
Three words in the list are spelt correctly and one is misspelt. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word.
1. vivid 2. pictoreal 3. sketchy 4. graphic
a) producing strong, bright images in the mind
b) rough and without much detail
c) told through drawings or photographs
d) very clear and detailed in description
Show answer
c) told through drawings or photographs. The ending is ial, as in special.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which source below is pictorial?
a) a radio talk about Indian rivers
b) a song about Indian rivers
c) a comic strip about Indian rivers
d) a spoken story about Indian rivers
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c) a comic strip about Indian rivers
2. A pictorial dictionary is most useful for ____.
a) seeing what each thing looks like
b) hearing how each word is said
c) finding out where each word came from
d) checking the part of speech
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a) seeing what each thing looks like
