What does questionnaire mean?
Word: Questionnaire
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Questionnaire means a printed or online list of questions that many people answer, so that information can be collected and compared.
Synonyms: form
How do you spell questionnaire?
Syllables: ques - tion - naire
Tricky part: The middle has a double n; pupils often write just one.
Watch out for: questionaire, quesionnaire
Memory tip: Write the whole word question first, n and all, then add one more n before the French ending.
Questionnaire in a sentence
Example 1: Please fill in the questionnaire and hand it to your class teacher.
Example 2: The clinic asked us to answer a short questionnaire about allergies.
Example 3: Our eco club made a questionnaire to find out how families save water.
Fun Fact
India's census, held about once every ten years, is built on a questionnaire that officials take to every household in the country.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
questionnaire
a) answer
b) notice
c) lecture
d) survey
Show answer
d) survey. A survey asks many people the same set of questions, which is what a questionnaire does.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) accomodation
b) seperate
c) millenium
d) questionnaire
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d) questionnaire. Accommodation has cc and mm, millennium has ll and nn, and separate has par.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The canteen gave every pupil a questionnare asking which new snacks they would like to try.
a) snacks
b) questionnare
c) canteen
d) pupil
Show answer
b) questionnare. The ending is aire, from French, as in millionaire.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
otqeineanuisr
a) questionnaire
b) questionable
c) questioning
d) questioner
Show answer
a) questionnaire. Questioner, questioning and questionable are all shorter than the jumble, which uses thirteen letters.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A school wants to know which clubs pupils would like. How would a questionnaire help?
a) it builds a new club room
b) it chooses the club teachers
c) it collects everyone's answers
d) it makes the clubs cheaper
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c) it collects everyone's answers
2. Which line would you expect to read on a questionnaire?
a) How many hours do you sleep?
b) Chapter 4: The Water Cycle
c) Bake for twenty minutes.
d) Platform 3 for Chennai.
Show answer
a) How many hours do you sleep?
