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Spell Bee Word: Textbook


What does textbook mean?

Word: Textbook

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Textbook means a book that teaches a school subject, with lessons and exercises for a class.

How do you spell textbook?

Syllables: text - book

Tricky part: The t at the end of text is easy to lose because it runs straight into the b, giving texbook.

Watch out for: texbook, txtbook

Memory tip: Say text clearly, tap the last t on the desk, then add book.

Textbook in a sentence

Example 1: Open your English textbook to page twenty.

Example 2: I covered my new textbooks with brown paper.

Example 3: The science textbook has a picture of the solar system.

Fun Fact

In India, the NCERT writes and publishes textbooks used by schools that follow the CBSE syllabus.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) textbuk
b) textbook
c) textboke
d) textbouk

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b) textbook. Book keeps its double o when it joins text.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Meena left her maths tekstbook on the school bus yesterday.

a) bus
b) tekstbook
c) yesterday
d) left

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b) tekstbook. The ks sound in text is written with one letter, x.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

kbteoxto

a) textkoob
b) etxtbook
c) textbkoo
d) textbook

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d) textbook. Etxtbook, textbkoo and textkoob keep the xt and the oo but put other letters in the wrong order.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

t_xtbook

a) o
b) a
c) e
d) i

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c) e. Text has an e, as in ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which book is a textbook?

a) a comic about superheroes
b) a blank diary for notes
c) a geography book for Class 3
d) a book of bedtime stories

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c) a geography book for Class 3

2. Which word is made in the same way as textbook, by joining two whole words?

a) bookish
b) booking
c) notebook
d) booklet

Show answer

c) notebook

Associated Words

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