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Spell Bee Word: Policeman


What does policeman mean?

Word: Policeman

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Policeman means a man who works for the police. He helps keep people safe and makes sure everyone follows the rules.

Synonyms: police officer, constable

How do you spell policeman?

Syllables: po - lice - man

Tricky part: Police has a soft c that sounds like s. Children often write polis.

Watch out for: polisman, polizman, polissman

Memory tip: Police and city both use a c for the s sound. Picture a policeman on a busy city street.

Policeman in a sentence

Example 1: The policeman helped the old lady cross the road.

Example 2: A policeman stood at the traffic signal in the rain.

Example 3: We asked the policeman the way to the museum.

Fun Fact

The word police goes back to the Greek word polis, which means a city.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Select the feminine form of the word:

policeman

a) policemaid
b) woman
c) policewoman
d) policeess

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c) policewoman. Change man to woman and policeman becomes policewoman.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) policiman
b) policman
c) policeman
d) policaman

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c) policeman. Police keeps its e when man is added: police + man.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The polliceman helped us find the way home.

a) find
b) polliceman
c) home
d) helped

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b) polliceman. Police has just one l.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nilcepoam

a) policemna
b) plocieman
c) poilceman
d) policeman

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d) policeman. Find the word man in the letters, then build the first part from the rest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A policeman directing traffic blows a ____.

a) whistle
b) flute
c) drum
d) trumpet

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a) whistle

2. Many policemen wear a ____ to show their job.

a) cape
b) uniform
c) apron
d) costume

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b) uniform

Associated Words

Words that end in -man: postman, gentleman, caveman

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: constable

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