What does screwdriver mean?
Word: Screwdriver
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Screwdriver means a tool with a handle and a thin metal blade, used to turn screws in or out.
How do you spell screwdriver?
Syllables: screw - driv - er
Tricky part: The oo sound near the start is spelt ew, as in new and few, not u or oo.
Watch out for: scrudriver, skrudriver
Memory tip: Hear the ew of new and few: a new screwdriver makes a few jobs easy.
Screwdriver in a sentence
Example 1: Papa keeps a small screwdriver in the drawer for fixing spectacles.
Example 2: You need a cross-headed screwdriver to open the back of this toy car.
Example 3: Our science teacher used a tiny screwdriver to open the old clock.
Fun Fact
The cross-headed Phillips screwdriver is named after Henry Phillips, an American businessman whose company made the design popular in the 1930s.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) skrewdriver
b) screwdryver
c) screwdriver
d) screwdrivver
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c) screwdriver. The tool's name starts with sc, and it has one v with an i before it.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
screwd_iv_r
a) r, a
b) w, e
c) r, e
d) r, o
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c) r, e. After the d you hear an r, and the end is the short er you also hear in ladder.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
vridewcsrer
a) screwrdiver
b) screwdirver
c) screwdriver
d) screwdrivre
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c) screwdriver. Only one choice can be said the way the tool's name sounds.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) toolbox
b) hammer
c) spaner
d) screwdriver
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c) spaner. A spanner needs two n's, so spaner is the odd one out.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which job would need a screwdriver?
a) sweeping the classroom floor
b) fixing a loose cupboard handle
c) cutting a birthday cake
d) watering the garden plants
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b) fixing a loose cupboard handle
2. Which of these can a screwdriver NOT do?
a) cut a sheet of paper
b) open a battery cover
c) tighten a loose screw
d) loosen a stuck screw
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a) cut a sheet of paper
