What does volume mean?
Word: Volume
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Volume means how loud a sound is. It can also mean the amount of space something fills, or one book in a set of books.
How do you spell volume?
Syllables: vol - ume
Tricky part: Only one l stands in the middle. The short o tempts many children to double it and write vollume.
Watch out for: vollume, volumn
Memory tip: One knob turns the sound up and down, and one l is all the word needs.
Volume in a sentence
Example 1: The second volume of the story is still in the school library.
Example 2: Please speak at a low volume in the reading room.
Example 3: We found the volume of water in the jug during science class.
Fun Fact
Early books were long rolls of writing. The word comes from a Latin word for a roll, and it stayed in use when books took their modern shape.
Practise the CREST Way
Jumble Tumble
Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
lmoevu 123456
a) 426135
b) 531624
c) 514263
d) 351642
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b) 531624. Follow these positions and the jumbled letters give the word for how loud a sound is.
Spellacadabra
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
vol__e
a) um
b) om
c) am
d) em
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a) um. The u gives the yoo sound you hear in the second beat.
Sound Check
Which of the following words has the same 'o' sound as in volume?
a) love
b) move
c) solid
d) cold
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c) solid. Solid has the same short o; cold, love and move have other vowel sounds.
Word Champ
Choose the correct word for the blank:
Please turn down the ___ of the radio while the baby sleeps.
a) costume
b) volume
c) column
d) vacuum
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b) volume. A radio can be made quieter, so the word for its loudness fits.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To find the volume of milk in a jug, which unit would you use?
a) metres
b) kilograms
c) degrees
d) litres
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d) litres
2. An encyclopedia comes in 12 volumes. What does this tell you?
a) it was written by 12 people
b) it is split into 12 books
c) it has 12 pages in all
d) it was printed in 12 countries
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b) it is split into 12 books
