What does technology mean?
Word: Technology
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Technology means the use of scientific knowledge to make machines and tools that solve practical problems, and the machines and tools themselves.
How do you spell technology?
Syllables: tech - nol - o - gy
Tricky part: The k sound after the e is spelt c-h. Pupils who write what they hear leave out the h, giving tecnology.
Watch out for: tecnology, teknology
Memory tip: People shorten this word to tech, and the short form keeps the same c-h, so write tech first and the h will not go missing.
Technology in a sentence
Example 1: Solar technology lets villages in Rajasthan run lights and fans without mains power.
Example 2: Our grandparents grew up without the technology we use every day, such as mobile phones.
Example 3: New farming technology helps farmers know exactly when their fields need water.
Fun Fact
The word goes back to the Greek tekhne, art or skill, and was already in English in the 1600s, when it meant a written study of a craft, long before anyone had a computer.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
technollogy
a) n
b) o
c) l
d) g
Show answer
c) l. The middle part, nol, has a single l.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our school's new technoligy club meets every Friday to build small robots from kits.
a) technoligy
b) Friday
c) robots
d) club
Show answer
a) technoligy. The vowel between the l and the g is o, not i.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tegcolyohn
a) technician
b) technology
c) technique
d) technical
Show answer
b) technology. Technique, technician and technical have no y, so they cannot use all the letters.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) technology
b) calculater
c) laboratory
d) experiment
Show answer
b) calculater. A calculator is a machine, and like generator and escalator it ends in or.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is the newest piece of technology?
a) a clay pot
b) an oil lamp
c) a wooden plough
d) a smartwatch
Show answer
d) a smartwatch
2. Which of these is the best example of technology helping a farmer?
a) a song sung at the harvest
b) a long rest after the harvest
c) a drip pipe system that waters crops
d) a heavy shower of monsoon rain
Show answer
c) a drip pipe system that waters crops
