What does surface mean?
Word: Surface
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Surface means the outside or top layer of something, like the surface of a table or of a pond. As a verb, to surface means to come up from under water.
Synonyms: top, exterior, outside
Antonyms: inside, depth
How do you spell surface?
Syllables: sur - face
Tricky part: The ending is said like fis, but it is spelt face. The first part is sur, not ser.
Watch out for: surfice, serface, surfase
Memory tip: When you practise, say it the way it is spelt, sur-FACE, then go back to the everyday sound.
Surface in a sentence
Example 1: Wipe the surface of the dining table after lunch.
Example 2: A turtle came to the surface to breathe.
Example 3: The surface of the road was full of potholes after the monsoon.
Fun Fact
About 71 percent of the surface of the Earth is covered by water, most of it in the oceans.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
surface
a) edge
b) side
c) interior
d) corner
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c) interior. The interior is the inside of a thing; an edge, a side or a corner can all be on the outside.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) surface
b) texchure
c) glossey
d) slippary
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a) surface. Texture ends in ture, slippery has er in the middle and glossy needs no e, which leaves surface as the right one.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
cafruse
a) furnace
b) saucer
c) surface
d) surfaced
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c) surface. Furnace needs an n and surfaced a d, while saucer has no f; surface uses all seven letters.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The surface of the pond looked as still as a mirrer at dawn.
a) surface
b) pond
c) mirrer
d) still
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c) mirrer. Mirror ends in or; surface, pond and still are all spelt right.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When a whale surfaces, it ____.
a) rises up to breathe air
b) sinks to the sea bed
c) hides under a rock
d) swims along the shore
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a) rises up to breathe air
2. Which would feel rough if you ran your hand over its surface?
a) a brick
b) a mirror
c) a glass window
d) a steel plate
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a) a brick
