What does port mean?
Word: Port
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Port means a town or city by the sea or a big river, where ships stop to load and unload goods and passengers.
How do you spell port?
Syllables: port
Tricky part: The vowel is the same or as in fork and corn. Pupils sometimes write oa or aw there because of how the word is said.
Watch out for: poart, pawt
Memory tip: Picture a ship sounding its horn as it reaches port: horn and port share the same two letters for that sound.
Port in a sentence
Example 1: Kochi has been a busy port for traders for hundreds of years.
Example 2: Our ship stopped at a small port to take on fresh water.
Example 3: Huge cranes at the port lifted boxes off the cargo ships.
Fun Fact
On a ship, the left-hand side when you face the front is called the port side; the right-hand side is called starboard.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word:
port
a) ecs
b) egz
c) eks
d) ex
Show answer
d) ex. Goods that leave India for other countries are exported.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rtpo
a) trip
b) post
c) port
d) part
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c) port. The only vowel in the jumble is o, which rules out trip and part, and post would need an s.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
port
a) harbour
b) market
c) bridge
d) island
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a) harbour. A harbour is a sheltered place where ships can stay, just like a port.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) port
b) passenger
c) captian
d) voyage
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c) captian. Captain shares its last three letters with mountain and fountain.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which sight is common at a busy port?
a) ships being loaded with goods
b) children playing in the snow
c) farmers cutting rice in fields
d) camels crossing a dry desert
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a) ships being loaded with goods
2. A city becomes an important port mainly because it ____.
a) has many tall shopping malls
b) sits beside deep, safe water
c) gets very little rain each year
d) lies far away from the coast
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b) sits beside deep, safe water
