What does undergraduate mean?
Word: Undergraduate
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Undergraduate means a student at a college or university who is studying for a first degree, such as a BA or BCom.
Antonyms: postgraduate
How do you spell undergraduate?
Syllables: un - der - grad - u - ate
Tricky part: Quick speech swallows the u in the middle; say every beat so that you hear it and write it.
Watch out for: undergradate, undergradjuate, undergrajuate
Memory tip: Count the u's: there are two, one at the very start and one near the end.
Undergraduate in a sentence
Example 1: My cousin is an undergraduate studying history in Pune.
Example 2: The undergraduate students set up a free homework club for children nearby.
Example 3: Undergraduate courses at many colleges begin in July.
Fun Fact
In many countries most undergraduate courses take three or four years, while a medical degree usually takes five or six years.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
undergradduate
a) r
b) d
c) u
d) g
Show answer
b) d. Remove one d and graduate is spelt as usual.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
atrudgendaeru
a) undergraduate
b) underestimate
c) graduated
d) undergrowth
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a) undergraduate. There is a g and two a's but no s or m, and all thirteen letters fit undergraduate.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) undergraduat
b) professor
c) scholarship
d) semester
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a) undergraduat. Graduate needs its final e, and so does undergraduate.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
During the holidays, two undergraduate students arranged a science exibition at our village school.
a) arranged
b) exibition
c) undergraduate
d) village
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b) exibition. Exhibition has a silent h after the x.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which student is an undergraduate?
a) Kiran, a second-year BSc student
b) Julia, a Class 12 school student
c) Ethan, a PhD research student
d) Tara, a Class 6 school student
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a) Kiran, a second-year BSc student
2. What does an undergraduate become after passing the final exams?
a) a postgraduate
b) a principal
c) a professor
d) a graduate
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d) a graduate
