What does stadium mean?
Word: Stadium
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Stadium means a large sports ground with rows of seats all around it, where crowds watch matches, races or concerts.
Synonyms: ground
How do you spell stadium?
Syllables: sta - di - um
Tricky part: The ending is -ium, not -eum or -iam. Because the last part is said quickly, children often write stadeum or stadiam.
Watch out for: stadeum, stadiam, stadum
Memory tip: Stadium and aquarium are both big places where people sit and watch, and both end in -ium.
Stadium in a sentence
Example 1: The stadium was full of fans waving blue flags.
Example 2: We reached the stadium an hour before the match began.
Example 3: Our school sports day is held in the district stadium.
Fun Fact
The word comes from the Greek stadion, a measure of distance of roughly 190 metres. The oldest footrace at the ancient Olympic Games was one stadion long.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) musium
b) libary
c) hospitel
d) stadium
Show answer
d) stadium. Put right, the other three read library, hospital and museum; stadium needs no change.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
mdtsiau
a) sdatium
b) satdium
c) tsadium
d) stadium
Show answer
d) stadium. Tsadium, satdium and sdatium keep the ium ending but put the s, t, a and d in the wrong order.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The final was played at the new staddium beside the river.
a) river
b) staddium
c) beside
d) final
Show answer
b) staddium. Stadium has only one d.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: stadium
a) cottage
b) temple
c) arena
d) market
Show answer
c) arena. An arena is a big space with seats all round it where people watch sport or shows.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which event would need a stadium rather than a school hall?
a) a small birthday party
b) a state cricket final
c) a parent-teacher meeting
d) a class spelling test
Show answer
b) a state cricket final
2. Which of these is NOT usually found in a stadium?
a) a classroom blackboard
b) a running track
c) tall floodlights
d) a big scoreboard
Show answer
a) a classroom blackboard
