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Spell Bee Word: Author


What does author mean?

Word: Author

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Author means a person who writes books, stories, poems or articles.

How do you spell author?

Syllables: au - thor

Tricky part: It ends in or, though the end sounds like 'uh'. Children often pick the wrong ending, and some write authour, as in colour.

Watch out for: auther, authour

Memory tip: Author ends in or, just like doctor and actor: all three are people who do a job.

Author in a sentence

Example 1: The author signed my copy of the book.

Example 2: Who is the author of this poem?

Example 3: My aunt wants to become an author of children's stories.

Fun Fact

Author comes from the Latin auctor, someone who makes something grow or brings it about. The same root gives us authority.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

author

a) seller
b) printer
c) reader
d) writer

Show answer

d) writer. An author is a writer.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) nurce
b) engeneer
c) author
d) teecher

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c) author. Teacher, engineer and nurse are jobs too, but only author is spelt right here.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The awthor of this book also drew all the pictures inside it.

a) inside
b) drew
c) pictures
d) awthor

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d) awthor. Author starts with au, as in August and autumn.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

htorau

a) auhtor
b) uathor
c) atuhor
d) author

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d) author. Six letters make a job word: the person who writes a book.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would you usually find the author's name on a book?

a) on the front cover
b) on the barcode
c) on the index page
d) on the price sticker

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a) on the front cover

2. The person who draws the pictures in a storybook, but does not write it, is the ____.

a) editor
b) illustrator
c) author
d) publisher

Show answer

b) illustrator

Associated Words

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knotexcitingamuseuntiefasten

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