The Game of Definitions
• A word will appear on the screen
along with three meanings.
• In your teams decide which is the
correct meaning.
Form filling vocabulary
Maiden Name
A) Your middle name
B) The name a woman has before she is
married
C) Mr/Mrs/Miss
Not Applicable or N/A
A) Something does not apply
B) Something is very important
C) Something must not be ignored
N I Number
A) Your Bank Account Number
B) Your Pin Number
C) Your National Insurance Number
Signature
A) How you sign your name
B) Your Surname
C) Password
Address
A) An item of clothing
B) The place where you live
C) How old you are
Occupation
A) If you are married
B) The job you do
C) What you like doing in your spare
time
Home Telephone No.
A) The phone number at work
B) The phone number at your house
C) Your mobile phone number
Marital Status
A) Say if you have children
B) Say if you have a job
C) Say if you are married or not
D.O.B
A) When you were married
B) When you were born
C) When you left school
Forename
A) Your last name
B) Your middle name
C) Your first name
Spouse
A) Your child
B) Your husband or wife
C) Your brother/sister
Convictions
A) If you have ever been guilty of a
crime
B) Make someone believe what you say
C) Your relations
Delete
A) To add information
B) To ignore
C) To cross out
Reference
A) A person who can speak on your
behalf about your skills
B) Someone you play football with
C) A dictionary
P.T.O.
A) Please Tick Off
B) Please Take One
C) Please Turn Over
Next of Kin
A) Your nearest or closest relative
B) Your doctor
C) Your next door neighbour
Direct Debit
A) No cost
B) A payment from you bank account
C) A guarantee
Dependants
A) Any family members
B) Elderly family members
C) Any family members who rely on you
for financial support or help with
money
Block Capitals
A) Capital letters (upper case)
B) Small letters (lower case)
C) A certificate
Authorise
A) To refuse or say ‘no’
B) To allow or say ‘yes’
C) To write down
Title
A) The name of your favourite book
B) Mr/Mrs/Miss/Sir etc.
C) Yours sincerely
Provisional
A) You must provide information
B) Something has been provided
C) Something is temporary
NB
A) Short for Not Bold which means do
not type in bold type
B) Short for the Latin words Nota Bene
which means note well
C) Short for not bound which means
that you are not bound by an
agreement
Countersignature
A) A countersignature is a second
signature on a document
B) A countersignature is a person
whose job is to check all signatures
on documents
C) Countersignature means to count all
signatures on a document
Correspondence Address
A) The address where you would like to
live
B) The address where you wish mail to
be sent
C) The address where your parents live
Guidance Notes
A) Notes written for the Girls Guides
B) Notes which are difficult to
understand
C) Notes which help you to complete a
form correctly
Confirm
A) Support something that is true
B) To work for a small firm
C) To tell someone something in
confidence
Strictly Confidential
A) Information is not private
B) Information must be passed to other
people
C) Information is not to be shared with
any other person, that it is private
Renewal
A) To receive a gift
B) To replace something with a newer
one
C) To gain a reward
SAE
A) Stands for ‘stick all envelopes’
B) Stands for ‘stamped addressed
envelope’
C) Stands for ‘send all envelopes’
Parents’ details
A) Details such as their name, where
they were born, their date of birth
and their nationality
B) Details such as height, weight and
the colour of their eyes
C) Details such as where they were
brought up and which schools they
attended
Present employer
A) An employer who gives you presents
B) The employer who interviews you
C) The person who employs you at the
moment
Registration
A) You MUST complete
B) To read something very carefully
C) To add to an official list e.g.
yourself, (births, deaths and
marriages) or your car
Venue
A) To print something
B) A French word which means the
place where something takes place
C) To write only in black ink
Current address
A) The address at which you live at the
moment
B) The place where you last lived
C) The address where you hold your
current account
Declaration
A) A celebration of something
B) To deny something
C) A statement in which you sign to
state that it is true
Gender
A) To graduate from college
B) Whether you are male or female
C) To translate something
Exchange
A) To order something to be done
B) To give change to somebody
C) To change something for something
else
Naturalisation
A) To give a person from another
country citizenship to live in this
country
B) To use products which are made
from natural sources
C) To act naturally
Office use only
A) Something can only be completed by
using Microsoft Office
B) You can only fill it in if you work in an
office
C) You must not fill it in, the staff
checking the forms will complete that
section
Previous address
A) The address of your neighbour
directly behind you
B) The place where you lived last
C) The address where you preferred to
live
Alternative telephone
A) You can choose to phone or not
B) Another number you can be
contacted on other than your main
number
C) A new telephone system
Duplicate
A) An exact copy of the original
B) To comfort somebody
C) Your twin
Guardian
A) Someone who guards your property
B) Someone whose favourite newspaper
is the Guardian
C) A person who has legal custody of
another person especially a child
Enclosed
A) To put something inside e.g. an
envelope
B) To add more information
C) To be allowed to do something
Replacement
A) Where you live temporarily
B) To receive an amount of money in
the post
C) Something that takes the place of
something else
Last name
A) Your name before you were married
B) Your family name
C) Your middle name
Applicant
A) A person who gets the job
B) A person who gets sacked from a job
C) A person who is applying for
something
Fee
A) There is no charge being made
B) A payment given to you tax free
C) A payment charged for professional
services
Dwelling
A) The place where you live – your
home
B) The place where you work
C) To dwell on something
Surname
A) Your middle name
B) Your family name
C) This applies to those people who are
called ‘Sir’
County
A) The population of your town
B) The county in which you live e.g.
Cheshire
C) The name of your local counsellor
Full forenames
A) Write the full first and second
names of four people
B) Write the full first names of four
people
C) Write your first name and middle
name (s) in full
Extension
A) To lengthen something or make it
longer
B) To give permission
C) To seek permission to do something
Warranty
A) To need something
B) To apply for something
C) A guarantee for something
Remittance
A) To admit something
B) Another word for a financial
payment
C) To not allow