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Spell Bee Word: wreckage


Basic Details

Word: Wreckage

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The broken pieces that are left after something has been badly damaged or destroyed.

Synonyms: debris, remains, ruins, rubble

How to Spell Wreckage

Syllables: wreck - age

Tricky part: Keep the whole of wreck, with its silent w and ck, then add age. Students drop the w or the c.

Watch out for: wrekage, reckage, wreckege

Memory tip: Wreckage is built like breakage: a word for something broken, followed by age.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Firefighters pulled a photo album from the wreckage of the house.

Example 2: Wreckage of an old fighter plane is kept in the air force museum.

Example 3: After the cyclone, wreckage of fishing boats lay along the beach in Odisha.

Fun Fact

After an air crash, investigators sometimes lay out the wreckage in the shape of the plane to work out which part failed first.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

kragecwe

a) breakage
b) wreckers
c) wreathed
d) wreckage

Show answer

d) wreckage. Breakage needs a b, and wreckers and wreathed end in letters the jumble does not have.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

wreckage

a) treasure
b) shelter
c) debris
d) repair

Show answer

c) debris. Debris is the scattered broken bits, the same as wreckage.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

wr_c_age

a) a, k
b) e, c
c) i, k
d) e, k

Show answer

d) e, k. Wreck has e and then ck, and both letters stay when age is added.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wreckage is ____.

a) a kind of cargo
b) a ship's flag
c) a tool for repairs
d) the remains of something destroyed

Show answer

d) the remains of something destroyed

2. Which word fits? Rescue workers searched the ____ of the bridge after the earthquake.

a) package
b) passage
c) voyage
d) wreckage

Show answer

d) wreckage

Associated Words

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