Basic Details
Word: Technique
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A particular way of doing something that needs skill, such as a way of bowling, painting or solving a sum.
Synonyms: method, skill, approach
How to Spell Technique
Syllables: tech - nique
Tricky part: Two hidden traps: ch sounds like k, and the ending que also sounds like k. Students write tecnique, technic or teknique.
Watch out for: tecnique, teknique, techneque, techinque
Memory tip: Tech + nique. Tech is the start of technology, and nique is the end of unique. A unique technique uses both.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The coach worked on Ravi's batting technique for a whole month.
Example 2: Madhubani painting uses a technique of fine double lines.
Example 3: Mum has a clever technique for peeling garlic quickly.
Fun Fact
Technique and technology share the Greek root tekhne, which meant art, craft or skill.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the meaning of the correctly spelt word:
1. proceedure 2. technique 3. stratagy 4. mecanism
a) a set order of steps
b) the working parts of a machine
c) a skilled way of doing something
d) a plan for reaching a goal
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c) a skilled way of doing something. Mechanism hides the same k-sounding ch as technique; procedure has one e after c, and strategy an e after t.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letters to form a word:
te_hn_q_e
a) k, i, u
b) c, i, u
c) c, i, w
d) c, e, u
Show answer
b) c, i, u. The k sound is ch here, and the ending is the que of unique.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence and choose the word they make:
The swimming coach showed us a new uenqheict for turning at the wall.
a) technical
b) critique
c) technique
d) antique
Show answer
c) technique. Technical needs a second c, an a and an l, and antique and critique need an a or an r, which the jumble lacks.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The word technique came into English from ____.
a) Russian
b) French
c) Arabic
d) Hindi
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b) French
2. A good bowling technique is mostly about ____.
a) the size of the ground
b) the colour of the ball
c) the right way of moving
d) the weather
Show answer
c) the right way of moving
