What does witness mean?
Word: Witness
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Witness means a person who sees something happen and can tell others about it. As a verb, to witness means to see an event yourself.
Synonyms: onlooker, eyewitness
How do you spell witness?
Syllables: wit - ness
Tricky part: Some children double the t (wittness) because the first part is short, or slip an e in after it (witeness).
Watch out for: wittness, witeness
Memory tip: A witness needs quick wit, and wit has just one t.
Witness in a sentence
Example 1: Our whole class was there to witness the launch of the school's first rocket model.
Example 2: Thousands of people gathered at the beach to witness the sunrise on New Year's Day.
Example 3: My uncle was a witness at my parents' wedding and still remembers the music.
Fun Fact
In Britain a wedding must have at least two witnesses, who sign the marriage register to show they saw the couple marry.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
wit
a) nes
b) ness
c) niss
d) nis
Show answer
b) ness. The suffix -ness always has a double s.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our class went to the planatarium to witness a show about the night sky.
a) witness
b) night
c) planatarium
d) class
Show answer
c) planatarium. Planetarium is built on planet, so it keeps the e after the n.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) audiance
b) witness
c) attendence
d) spectater
Show answer
b) witness. Audience ends in -ence, spectator in -or and attendance in -ance.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: witness
a) organiser
b) visitor
c) helper
d) observer
Show answer
d) observer. A witness is an observer: someone who watches an event.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who could be a witness to the school race?
a) a boy who read about it later
b) a parent who arrived after it
c) a teacher told about it next day
d) a girl watching from the stands
Show answer
d) a girl watching from the stands
2. We woke up early to witness the eclipse. Here witness means ____.
a) skip
b) watch
c) predict
d) explain
Show answer
b) watch
