What does postcard mean?
Word: Postcard
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Postcard means a card with space for a short message and an address, sent by post without an envelope. Many have a picture on one side.
How do you spell postcard?
Syllables: post - card
Tricky part: It is two words joined together, post and card, with nothing in between. When said fast the t gets lost, so children write poscard.
Watch out for: poscard, postcad, postkard
Memory tip: Say it as two slow beats, post ... card. You post a card, and the word keeps every letter of both.
Postcard in a sentence
Example 1: I sent Grandma a postcard from our trip to Edinburgh.
Example 2: The postcard showed a picture of the Taj Mahal at sunset.
Example 3: Oliver wrote his address on the right side of the postcard.
Fun Fact
The first official postcards were sold in Austria-Hungary in 1869.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Champ
In which option are the given words arranged in alphabetical order?
1. postman 2. postcard 3. posture
a) 132
b) 321
c) 213
d) 231
Show answer
c) 213. All three begin with post, so the fifth letters decide: c, then m, then u.
Jumble Tumble
What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?
dacrtpos
a) a paper cover that you slip a letter into before posting it
b) a small sticky label you put on a letter to pay for sending it
c) a picture card you write a few lines on and send through the post
d) a book of blank pages where you write what happens each day
Show answer
c) a picture card you write a few lines on and send through the post. Dacrtpos rearranges to postcard, which travels without an envelope.
Spell Spies
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) envelope
b) postcard
c) adress
d) parcel
Show answer
c) adress. Address needs a double d; adress has only one.
Spellacadabra
Choose the option in which the following letters will fit in the given order: o, a
a) w__nd__w
b) p__stc__rd
c) b__sk__t
d) l__tt__r
Show answer
b) p__stc__rd. Postcard takes o and then a; basket needs a and e, window i and o, and letter e and e.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What do you stick on a postcard before you post it?
a) a bead
b) a stamp
c) a button
d) a coin
Show answer
b) a stamp
2. Which word is also made of two smaller words, like postcard?
a) table
b) pencil
c) birthday
d) happy
Show answer
c) birthday
