What does vocational mean?
Word: Vocational
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Vocational means teaching the skills needed for a particular job, such as plumbing or nursing.
How do you spell vocational?
Syllables: vo - ca - tion - al
Tricky part: The sh sound in the middle is spelt ti, not s or sh, so vocasional and vocashional are wrong.
Watch out for: vocasional, vocashional
Memory tip: Picture a student tying a tie on the first day of job training: t and i make the sh sound here.
Vocational in a sentence
Example 1: Ravi chose a vocational course in carpentry after Class 10.
Example 2: Our school has added vocational subjects such as baking and basic coding.
Example 3: The training centre in Nagpur runs vocational classes on repairing motorbikes.
Fun Fact
The word goes back to a Latin verb meaning to call, so a vocation is work that seems to call out to you. Many countries run vocational colleges where students learn trades such as cooking, carpentry and car repair.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
v_c_tional
a) o, e
b) o, a
c) a, a
d) u, a
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b) o, a. The first vowel is the o of vote and the second is the a of late.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
My cousin joined a vocatinal college to train as a chef in Paris.
a) chef
b) vocatinal
c) college
d) cousin
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b) vocatinal. A letter has dropped out just before the n near the end.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
vaocnailto
a) conditional
b) additional
c) occasional
d) vocational
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d) vocational. The v in the jumble settles it, as none of the others has one.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) polytechnik
b) curriculem
c) apprentise
d) vocational
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d) vocational. Apprentice ends in ice, curriculum in um, and polytechnic in ic.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What would you expect to learn on a vocational course?
a) how to wire a house
b) how to prove maths theorems
c) how to write a history thesis
d) how to read ancient poetry
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a) how to wire a house
2. Someone who prefers vocational study to a degree in literature most likely ____.
a) dislikes all reading
b) wants to learn a trade
c) has finished studying
d) wishes to teach poetry
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b) wants to learn a trade
