What does transatlantic mean?
Word: Transatlantic
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Transatlantic means crossing the Atlantic Ocean, or linking the countries on either side of it.
How do you spell transatlantic?
Syllables: trans - at - lan - tic
Tricky part: Students lose track of the vowels in this long word and write transatlentic. Every vowel except the one near the close is the same letter.
Watch out for: transatlentic, transatlantik
Memory tip: Say it to yourself as three a's for the ocean, then one i at the far shore.
Transatlantic in a sentence
Example 1: The transatlantic flight from London to New York takes about eight hours.
Example 2: Ships once needed weeks for a transatlantic voyage under sail.
Example 3: My aunt in Toronto and my cousin in Paris share a long transatlantic phone call every Sunday.
Fun Fact
In 1927 Charles Lindbergh made the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight, from New York to Paris, in about 33 hours.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the prefix that completes the word:
____atlantic
a) tranz
b) tran
c) trans
d) tras
Show answer
c) trans. Transport and transfer share this prefix, which means across.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tsaatnlicanrt
a) transmission
b) translation
c) transportation
d) transatlantic
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d) transatlantic. Only this option has three a's, and the others all need an o.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) transatlantic
b) navagate
c) continant
d) merchent
Show answer
a) transatlantic. Spelt properly, the others are continent, merchant and navigate.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our geography teacher showed us the route of a transatlantic cable on a globle.
a) geography
b) cable
c) globle
d) transatlantic
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c) globle. A globe has no second l at all.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A transatlantic ship might sail between which two cities?
a) Sydney and Perth
b) Mumbai and Colombo
c) Tokyo and Osaka
d) Lisbon and Boston
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d) Lisbon and Boston
2. A friend in Canada talks of a transatlantic trip next week. Where is she going?
a) to a lake in the Rockies
b) to a country in Europe
c) to the next town in Canada
d) to an island in the Pacific
Show answer
b) to a country in Europe
