What does scoreboard mean?
Word: Scoreboard
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Scoreboard means a large board that shows the score in a game or match, often with the time or overs left.
How do you spell scoreboard?
Syllables: score - board
Tricky part: There is a silent e in the middle, just before the b. You do not hear it, so it is often left out.
Watch out for: scorboard, scourboard
Memory tip: Every exciting score earns an e: keep that quiet e in place just before the b.
Scoreboard in a sentence
Example 1: The scoreboard at the stadium showed India at 120 for two.
Example 2: Our PE teacher wrote the house points on a small scoreboard by the field.
Example 3: Everyone cheered when the scoreboard lit up after Meera's goal.
Fun Fact
Cricket scoreboards were once changed by hand, with helpers slotting big number boards into place. Many grounds now use giant electronic screens instead.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) scoreboard
b) goalkeaper
c) basketbal
d) racecorse
Show answer
a) scoreboard. Goalkeeper has ee in keeper, basketball doubles the l at the end, and racecourse has ou.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
obdracsore
a) scoreboard
b) scorecard
c) cardboard
d) skateboard
Show answer
a) scoreboard. Cardboard has no s or e, skateboard needs a k and a t, and scorecard has no b.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
scoreb_ar_
a) a, d
b) o, d
c) o, t
d) u, d
Show answer
b) o, d. The board part is spelt oa and finishes with a d, as in cupboard.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) stadium
b) tournament
c) umpire
d) skoreboard
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d) skoreboard. The first sound is spelt sc, as in scooter and scarf.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. During a cricket match, which of these would you check on the scoreboard?
a) when the ground was first built
b) how many runs a team still needs
c) where the players' families are sitting
d) which shop sells the cricket bats
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b) how many runs a team still needs
2. The scoreboard showed that Priya's team was two goals behind. What did her team need to do?
a) leave the field at once
b) ask the referee for a new ball
c) change their shirts quickly
d) score at least two more goals
Show answer
d) score at least two more goals
