Spell Bee Word: Schooling

What does schooling mean?

Word: Schooling

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Schooling means the education a child gets at school over the years.

Synonyms: education, teaching

How do you spell schooling?

Syllables: school - ing

Tricky part: School begins with sch, where the ch makes a k sound. Students often leave out the h and write scooling.

Watch out for: scooling, skooling

Memory tip: The ch in school says k, just as it does in chorus and echo. Write s-c-h first, then the rest.

Schooling in a sentence

Example 1: My grandmother finished her schooling in a small village near Nashik.

Example 2: Good schooling teaches children to ask questions, not just to remember answers.

Example 3: He completed his early schooling in Kolkata before moving to Delhi.

Fun Fact

In England, the Elementary Education Act of 1891 made schooling free for most young children.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

school

a) ing
b) eing
c) ling
d) inge

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) scholership
b) schooling
c) schedual
d) scheem

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gocnhosil

a) scolding
b) schooling
c) shooting
d) scowling

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is part of a child's schooling?

a) learning to read and write in class
b) visiting cousins in another city
c) sleeping late in the holidays
d) watching cartoons on a Sunday

2. My grandmother had only four years of schooling. This tells us ____.

a) how long she studied at school
b) how many schools she visited
c) how far she walked to school
d) how long she taught at a school