What does rewind mean?
Word: Rewind
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Rewind means to make a video, song or tape go backwards so that you can see or hear an earlier part again.
How do you spell rewind?
Syllables: re - wind
Tricky part: The i in the second part says its own name, so some children add an e after it or write a y. It is just one i.
Watch out for: rewined, rewynd
Memory tip: The i here says its name, just like the word I, and it needs no helper letter beside it.
Rewind in a sentence
Example 1: Can you rewind the video so I can see the goal again?
Example 2: Nani asked me to rewind the song to her favourite line.
Example 3: We had to rewind the cartoon because my brother missed the funny part.
Fun Fact
Before phones and laptops, music often came on cassette tapes. Many people used a pencil pushed into the reel to wind the tape back by hand.
Practise the CREST Way
Spellacadabra
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
r_wind
a) e
b) a
c) u
d) i
Show answer
a) e. Words that mean doing something again, like replay and redo, begin the same way.
Sound Check
Which word does not rhyme with rewind?
a) behind
b) remind
c) grinned
d) blind
Show answer
c) grinned. Grinned has a short sound in the middle, like pin. The others all share the long sound.
Spell Spies
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) rewind
b) remote
c) screen
d) buton
Show answer
d) buton. Button doubles its t.
Word Champ
Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?
rewind
a) wider
b) diner
c) windy
d) drew
Show answer
c) windy. There is no y in the given word, so windy cannot be made.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Arjun missed what the teacher said in a recorded lesson. What should he do?
a) switch the tablet off and go to bed
b) turn the sound off and wait quietly
c) go back to that part and play it again
d) skip straight to the end of the lesson
Show answer
c) go back to that part and play it again
2. Which of these can you rewind?
a) a slice of bread
b) a pair of shoes
c) a glass of milk
d) a recorded cricket match
Show answer
d) a recorded cricket match
