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Spell Bee Word: Pneumatic


What does pneumatic mean?

Word: Pneumatic

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Pneumatic means filled with air, or worked by air pressed under force.

How do you spell pneumatic?

Syllables: pneu - mat - ic

Tricky part: The word starts with a silent p, so neumatic looks right to anyone spelling by ear.

Watch out for: neumatic, newmatic

Memory tip: Puff a small p of air from your lips before you start writing: that silent puff opens this air word.

Pneumatic in a sentence

Example 1: The road crew used a pneumatic drill to break up the old pavement.

Example 2: Old banks once sent messages through pneumatic tubes.

Example 3: Our classroom door closes slowly thanks to a small pneumatic arm.

Fun Fact

In the late 1880s John Boyd Dunlop, working in Belfast, made air-filled tyres for his son's tricycle, and pneumatic tyres soon took over from solid rubber ones.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The mechanic pumped up the pnuematic tyre on my bicycle.

a) mechanic
b) tyre
c) pumped
d) pnuematic

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d) pnuematic. The two vowels after the n have changed places.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

pneummatic

a) m
b) n
c) t
d) p

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a) m. The word needs just one m.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ciemuptan

a) numerical
b) pneumatic
c) automatic
d) emphatic

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b) pneumatic. The p, n, u and c in the jumble fit only one option.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) psychology
b) sissors
c) receipt
d) pneumatic

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b) sissors. Scissors has a c after the first s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part would you check first if a pneumatic drill suddenly lost power?

a) the solar panel
b) the air hose
c) the fuel tank
d) the oil filter

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b) the air hose

2. Why do pneumatic tyres give a softer ride than solid rubber ones?

a) the road is made smoother
b) the air inside absorbs bumps
c) the rubber is painted thicker
d) the wheels are much larger

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b) the air inside absorbs bumps

Associated Words

Words that end in -matic: systematic, idiomatic, dramatic

More words from this list

spleen, vibrant, ambiguous, cartilage, cultivate, epidemiologist, heartfelt, mayonnaise

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