Basic Details
Word: Rescued
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Saved someone or something from danger or harm. It is the past tense of rescue.
Synonyms: saved, freed, recovered, delivered
Antonyms: abandoned, endangered
How to Spell Rescued
Syllables: res - cued
Tricky part: The kyoo sound is spelt cue. Students write resqued, or move the e and write rescude.
Watch out for: rescude, resqued, reskued
Memory tip: Rescue ends in cue, like the cue an actor waits for. Res + cue + d: the hero hears his cue and rushes in.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Fishermen rescued three tourists from the rough sea off Puri.
Example 2: We rescued a kitten that was stuck in the drain.
Example 3: Firefighters rescued the family from the third floor.
Fun Fact
In 2018 divers rescued twelve boys and their football coach from the flooded Tham Luang cave in Thailand after they had been trapped for more than two weeks.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word rescued as used in the sentence:
The villagers rescued the stranded elephant calf from the muddy pit.
a) released
b) freed
c) saved
d) abandoned
Show answer
d) abandoned. To rescue the calf is to save it; to abandon it is to leave it in danger.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
rescuued
a) u
b) s
c) c
d) e
Show answer
a) u. Cue has one u, and it does not double when d is added.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Forest guards dsucere a baby monkey caught in a wire fence.
a) rested
b) rescued
c) reduced
d) excused
Show answer
b) rescued. Reduced has no s, excused has an x and rested lacks the c and u, so the letters make rescued.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these people is most likely to need rescuing?
a) a girl reading in a library
b) a man buying vegetables
c) a boy eating lunch at home
d) a hiker lost in a snowstorm
Show answer
d) a hiker lost in a snowstorm
2. A rescued animal is one that has been ____.
a) born in a zoo
b) saved from danger
c) trained for a circus
d) sold at a market
Show answer
b) saved from danger
