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What does sandpaper mean?

Word: Sandpaper

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Sandpaper means strong paper coated on one side with rough grit, rubbed on wood or metal to make it smooth.

How do you spell sandpaper?

Syllables: sand - pa - per

Tricky part: The d is hard to hear before p, so students write sanpaper.

Watch out for: sanpaper, sandpeper, sandpaiper

Memory tip: Rub it and you feel the grains of sand: keep the d of sand, even though you barely hear it.

Sandpaper in a sentence

Example 1: The carpenter rubbed the table with sandpaper until it felt smooth.

Example 2: Use fine sandpaper before you paint the old chair.

Example 3: The rusty gate looked new after we cleaned it with sandpaper.

Fun Fact

Most modern sandpaper does not use sand at all. It is coated with tougher grit such as aluminium oxide or silicon carbide.

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Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) wheelbarow
b) workbensh
c) screwdiver
d) sandpaper

Show answer

d) sandpaper. Screwdriver needs its r, wheelbarrow needs rr, and workbench ends in ch.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

pdasnepra

a) sandpaper
b) sandpiper
c) sandbar
d) sandpit

Show answer

a) sandpaper. The jumble has an e and no i, which turns sandpiper into sandpaper; sandbar and sandpit are far shorter.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

sandpap_r

a) e
b) u
c) a
d) o

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a) e. The second word is paper, which ends in er like many everyday nouns.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would a carpenter rub a table with sandpaper?

a) to mark where to cut
b) to join two pieces of wood
c) to measure the length of a plank
d) to smooth it before painting

Show answer

d) to smooth it before painting

2. Which of these feels most like sandpaper?

a) a smooth pebble
b) a woollen blanket
c) a rubber ball
d) a cat's rough tongue

Show answer

d) a cat's rough tongue

Associated Words

Words that end in -per: zookeeper, kipper, shopkeeper

More words from this list

troupe, adhesive, bewilder, conservationist, ecologist, gland, lecturer, outrageous

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