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Spell Bee Word: roommate


Basic Details

Word: Roommate

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A person who shares a room with you, for example in a hostel or a shared flat.

How to Spell Roommate

Syllables: room - mate

Tricky part: The word has a double o and a double m. The m at the end of room and the m at the start of mate both stay, so it is not roomate.

Watch out for: roomate, rommate, roomeate

Memory tip: Build it from two whole words that meet at the m's: room + mate. Write room fully, then write mate fully.

Usage Examples

Example 1: My roommate at the science camp snored so loudly that I moved my mattress.

Example 2: Priya and her roommate take turns to sweep the floor of their hostel room.

Example 3: A good roommate keeps the lights low when you are trying to sleep.

Fun Fact

Some British dictionaries also accept room-mate with a hyphen, but the one-word form roommate is the more common spelling today.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) clasroom
b) cupbord
c) roommate
d) playgrownd

Show answer

c) roommate. Classroom needs a double s, cupboard needs its oa, and playground uses ou.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My cousin's roomate at college in Pune plays the guitar every evening.

a) college
b) cousin's
c) guitar
d) roomate

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d) roomate. Room ends with m and mate begins with m, so two m's sit side by side.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

metoroam

a) roomful
b) romance
c) roommate
d) rooster

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c) roommate. With two m's, two o's and an a, the letters only spell roommate.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are you most likely to have a roommate?

a) in a bus queue
b) in a shop
c) at a cricket ground
d) in a school hostel

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d) in a school hostel

2. Two roommates ____.

a) play on rival teams
b) share the same room
c) live in different cities
d) work in the same shop

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b) share the same room

Associated Words

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