What does scout mean?
Word: Scout
Part of Speech: Noun, verb
Meaning: Scout means a person who is sent ahead of a group to find out what lies in front and bring back news. As a verb, to scout means to look carefully around a place to find something.
How do you spell scout?
Syllables: scout
Tricky part: It begins with sc, and some children write skout because that first sound is a k.
Watch out for: skout, skowt
Memory tip: Picture a scout peeping round a corner: the c curls round just after the s.
Scout in a sentence
Example 1: The explorers sent one scout up the hill to look for a path through the forest.
Example 2: Before the picnic, Dad went to scout out a shady spot by the lake.
Example 3: We scouted around the garden for the lost tennis ball.
Fun Fact
Scout goes back to an old French word meaning 'to listen'.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
cotus
a) scout
b) scoute
c) scowt
d) scuot
Show answer
a) scout. The s and the c stand together at the start.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) explorar
b) scout
c) discovry
d) travellor
Show answer
b) scout. Explorer and traveller both end in er, and discovery has an e before the r.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
sc_u_
a) a, t
b) o, t
c) o, d
d) o, l
Show answer
b) o, t. The ow sound is spelt o then u, and a t ends the word.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: scout
a) rest
b) spill
c) hide
d) search
Show answer
d) search. To scout a place is to look all over it for something.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The class sent Meena ahead to scout the museum before the tour. What did she most likely do?
a) waited quietly on the bus
b) bought snacks for the class
c) painted a picture of it
d) checked which rooms were open
Show answer
d) checked which rooms were open
2. A talent scout watches young players at a football match. What is the scout looking for?
a) players good enough for a big team
b) a lost water bottle
c) the cheapest seats in the ground
d) the best place to park
Show answer
a) players good enough for a big team
