What does quote mean?
Word: Quote
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Quote means to repeat the exact words that someone else has said or written. It can also mean to say what price you will charge for a job.
Synonyms: repeat
How do you spell quote?
Syllables: quote
Tricky part: The long o sound is made by an o and a silent e at the end, not by oa, so quoat is a common slip.
Watch out for: quoat, quotte
Memory tip: Quote rhymes with note and vote, and it finishes in just the same way they do.
Quote in a sentence
Example 1: Luca quoted a line from Shakespeare in his speech at the school assembly.
Example 2: The painter quoted a price of five hundred pounds for our room.
Example 3: Please quote the exact words from the poem in your answer.
Fun Fact
In British English, quotation marks are often called inverted commas, and many British books print them as single marks.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
quote
a) invent
b) cite
c) ignore
d) erase
Show answer
b) cite. You invent new words yourself, and you ignore or erase words you do not want.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our teacher asked us to qoute a line from our favourite poem.
a) teacher
b) favourite
c) qoute
d) poem
Show answer
c) qoute. After q always comes u, so the word starts quo-.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) quater
b) quote
c) qualety
d) questian
Show answer
b) quote. Question ends in -tion, quality has an i before the ty, and quarter has an r after the a.
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word:
quote
a) mis
b) mys
c) mes
d) miss
Show answer
a) mis. The prefix meaning wrongly is mis, with one s, as in misread.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When you quote a poet, you ____.
a) write a new poem yourself
b) repeat a line word for word
c) guess what the poet meant
d) change the words a little
Show answer
b) repeat a line word for word
2. A plumber who quotes for a job is ____.
a) refusing to do the work
b) fixing the tap for free
c) telling you what it will cost
d) asking you to pay double
Show answer
c) telling you what it will cost
