What does bachelor mean?
Word: Bachelor
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Bachelor means a man who has never been married.
How do you spell bachelor?
Syllables: bach - e - lor
Tricky part: Many children add a t because of words like batch and catch. This word has a plain ch with no t before it.
Watch out for: batchelor, bacthelor
Memory tip: A bachelor lives alone, so no t moves in beside the ch.
Bachelor in a sentence
Example 1: Our new tenant is a young bachelor who lives with his two cats.
Example 2: In the story, a bachelor farmer adopts a lost puppy.
Example 3: The old bachelor next door grows the best roses in the lane.
Fun Fact
The same word names a first university degree, such as a Bachelor of Arts. Hundreds of years ago it meant a young man who was still in training.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
cobalehr
a) bracelet
b) backpack
c) bachelor
d) bakeries
Show answer
c) bachelor. The jumble holds an o and an h; bracelet, backpack and bakeries have neither.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
bach_l_r
a) e, e
b) a, o
c) e, o
d) i, o
Show answer
c) e, o. The weak vowel after the ch is e, and the word closes in or.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Mr Gupta, a retired bachellor, teaches chess to the children on our street.
a) bachellor
b) street
c) chess
d) retired
Show answer
a) bachellor. There is just one l in this word.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) bridegroom
b) husband
c) bachelor
d) nieghbour
Show answer
d) nieghbour. In neighbour the e comes before the i.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Four people are described here. Who is a bachelor?
a) Daniel, aged 60, whose wife is a doctor
b) Tina, aged 8, who loves playing football
c) Meena, aged 30, who teaches maths in Agra
d) Ajay, aged 30, who hopes to find a bride
Show answer
d) Ajay, aged 30, who hopes to find a bride
2. Uncle Dev stayed a bachelor until he ____.
a) moved to London for work
b) learnt to drive at twenty
c) got married at thirty-five
d) started a new job in Delhi
Show answer
c) got married at thirty-five
