What does windpipe mean?
Word: Windpipe
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Windpipe means the tube in your throat that carries air from your nose and mouth down to your lungs.
Synonyms: trachea, airway
How do you spell windpipe?
Syllables: wind - pipe
Tricky part: The d in the middle is easy to swallow when you say the word quickly, so winpipe is a common slip.
Watch out for: winpipe, wimpipe
Memory tip: Say the word slowly and feel your tongue tap the roof of your mouth for the d just before the p: write that d.
Windpipe in a sentence
Example 1: When you breathe in, air passes down your windpipe into your lungs.
Example 2: Your windpipe lies just in front of the tube that carries food down to your stomach.
Example 3: In our science model, a straw stood for the windpipe and two balloons for the lungs.
Fun Fact
The windpipe is held open by C-shaped rings of cartilage, which you can feel as ridges at the front of your neck.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Fusion
Which two parts join to make the name of a part of the body?
1. breath 2. pype 3. sock 4. wind 5. less 6. pipe
a) 1 and 3
b) 2 and 4
c) 4 and 6
d) 5 and 6
Show answer
c) 4 and 6. The second part is spelt like the pipe under a sink, with an i; windpype, breathsock and lesspipe are not words.
Jumble Tumble
Which option has letters that you can rearrange to form the name of a part of the body?
a) akpnec
b) treodfhae
c) diienwpp
d) uolrhse
Show answer
c) diienwpp. Diienwpp rearranges into windpipe; the others are one letter short of shoulder or kneecap, or one too many for forehead.
Spell Spies
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) stomack
b) eyebrow
c) nostril
d) windpipe
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a) stomack. Stomach ends in ch, which makes a k sound here.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the sentence?
On our biology chart, the windpip is coloured blue and the lungs are coloured pink.
a) 2
b) 1
c) 3
d) 0
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b) 1. Windpip has lost its final e; every other word is right.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The windpipe is part of which body system?
a) the skeletal system
b) the digestive system
c) the breathing system
d) the nervous system
Show answer
c) the breathing system
2. Dust that tickles the windpipe usually makes a person ___.
a) shiver
b) cough
c) yawn
d) blink
Show answer
b) cough
