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Spell Bee Word: Archaeologist


What does archaeologist mean?

Word: Archaeologist

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Archaeologist means a scientist who learns about the past by digging up and studying old objects, buildings and remains.

How do you spell archaeologist?

Syllables: ar - chae - ol - o - gist

Tricky part: The ch sounds like k, and it is followed by ae. Students write archiologist or arkaeologist.

Watch out for: archiologist, arkaeologist, arcaeologist

Memory tip: Archae means ancient, as in archaic: an archaeologist digs up ancient things.

Archaeologist in a sentence

Example 1: The archaeologist brushed the soil off a clay pot very gently.

Example 2: An archaeologist can tell the age of a coin from its markings.

Example 3: We met an archaeologist at the Hampi ruins during our school trip.

Fun Fact

In 1924 Sir John Marshall, head of the Archaeological Survey of India, announced the discovery of the Indus Valley civilisation at Harappa and Mohenjo-daro.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) archaeologist
b) excavater
c) palaentologist
d) historien

Show answer

a) archaeologist. Palaeontologist has an o after the e, historian ends in ian, and excavator ends in or.

Word Cookie

Fill in the two missing letters:

archae_l_gist

a) a,o
b) o,o
c) e,o
d) o,a

Show answer

b) o,o. Like geologist, it ends in ologist.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

geolachoritsa

a) geologist
b) archaeological
c) archaeologist
d) archaeology

Show answer

c) archaeologist. Archaeology and archaeological change the ending, and geologist has too few letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An archaeologist spends most working days ____.

a) at an ancient dig site
b) in a dental clinic
c) on a cricket pitch
d) inside a bank

Show answer

a) at an ancient dig site

2. Which find would interest an archaeologist most?

a) an old clay lamp from a ruined city
b) a dinosaur bone in a cliff
c) a rare orchid in a forest
d) a new comet in the night sky

Show answer

a) an old clay lamp from a ruined city

Associated Words

Words that end in -ogist: virologist, anthropologist, sociologist, pathologist, ophthalmologist, epidemiologist

More words from this list

clockwise, determination, fellowship, inaudible, neighbourhood, pursue, suspicious, yield

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