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Spell Bee Word: Assistant


What does assistant mean?

Word: Assistant

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Assistant means a person who helps someone else in their work, such as a shop assistant or a teacher's assistant.

Synonyms: aide, deputy

How do you spell assistant?

Syllables: as - sis - tant

Tricky part: Students often end the word with ent, as in student, but an assistant ends in ant.

Watch out for: assistent, asistant

Memory tip: An assistant is a hard worker, so the word ends in ant, like a busy worker ant.

Assistant in a sentence

Example 1: The doctor's assistant called out my name when it was my turn.

Example 2: Ms Kapoor needs an assistant to help her run the science lab.

Example 3: My little brother was my assistant while I baked the cake.

Fun Fact

Voice programs on phones and smart speakers are called virtual assistants, even though no person is doing the work.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) receptionest
b) librarean
c) assistant
d) secretery

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c) assistant. Secretary has ary, receptionist ends in ist and librarian has ian.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

assisstant

a) i
b) s
c) n
d) t

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b) s. Only the first s is doubled; after the i there is a single s.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: assistant

a) helper
b) customer
c) owner
d) stranger

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a) helper. Shop assistants and lab assistants are helpers; owners and customers are not.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A dentist's assistant usually ____.

a) fills the patient's teeth
b) owns the dental clinic
c) writes the prescriptions
d) hands the dentist the tools

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d) hands the dentist the tools

2. In 'assistant manager', the word assistant tells us that the person ____.

a) owns the whole company
b) works only part of the day
c) ranks just below the manager
d) is the newest manager

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c) ranks just below the manager

Associated Words

Words that end in -stant: constant, contestant, instant, distant

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: deputy

More words from this list

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