What does wristband mean?
Word: Wristband
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Wristband means a strip of cloth, rubber or paper worn round the joint between your hand and your arm.
How do you spell wristband?
Syllables: wrist - band
Tricky part: It begins with a silent w, and the t in the middle is easy to drop because you hardly hear it.
Watch out for: ristband, wrisband, rystband
Memory tip: The w is silent here, just as in write and wrong: wr at the start makes only an r sound.
Wristband in a sentence
Example 1: The tennis player wiped her face with her wristband.
Example 2: Each runner got a numbered wristband at the start of the race.
Example 3: Didi tied a red wristband on me for luck.
Fun Fact
Tennis players wear wristbands to stop sweat from running down onto their hands and racquets.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) wristbend
b) wrestband
c) wristbund
d) wristband
Show answer
d) wristband. Wrist has the i of sit, and band has the a of hand.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
wri_tba_d
a) z, n
b) c, n
c) s, n
d) s, m
Show answer
c) s, n. Say wrist and band slowly: an s comes before the t, and an n before the d.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tbinwadrs
a) wristbnad
b) wristabnd
c) wrsitband
d) wristband
Show answer
d) wristband. Wristabnd, wrsitband and wristbnad keep the silent w at the front but have two letters swapped.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) bracelet
b) nekless
c) anklet
d) wristband
Show answer
b) nekless. Necklace needs ck and ends in ace; wristband, bracelet and anklet are correct.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why might a water park give each visitor a paper wristband?
a) to keep their hands dry
b) to help them swim faster
c) to tell them the time
d) to show they have paid to enter
Show answer
d) to show they have paid to enter
2. Your friend makes you a wristband from coloured threads. Where will you wear it?
a) round your neck, near your chin
b) in your hair, near your ear
c) round your ankle, near your foot
d) round your arm, near your hand
Show answer
d) round your arm, near your hand
