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Spell Bee Word: Banker


What does banker mean?

Word: Banker

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Banker means a person who works in a bank or runs a bank.

How do you spell banker?

Syllables: bank - er

Tricky part: The end sounds like uh, so children write bankar or bankor. A person who does a job often gets er at the end, as a teacher and a farmer do.

Watch out for: bankar, bankor, bankre

Memory tip: A banker, a teacher and a farmer all do a job, and all three end in er.

Banker in a sentence

Example 1: My aunt is a banker in Bengaluru.

Example 2: The banker counted the notes twice.

Example 3: Neha wants to be a banker when she grows up.

Fun Fact

The Reserve Bank of India, set up in 1935, is often called the bankers' bank because other banks keep money with it.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) teacher
b) farmer
c) bancker
d) driver

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c) bancker. The k sound in banker is a k alone, with no c before it.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

renkab

a) banker
b) bakner
c) bnaker
d) abnker

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a) banker. Say bank-er in two beats and write the sounds in order.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

baanker

a) k
b) a
c) e
d) b

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b) a. Banker has only one a, straight after the b.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

ba_ker

a) n
b) t
c) m
d) d

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a) n. You hear an n before the k, as in bank.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a banker mostly do at work?

a) check eyesight
b) cut and style hair
c) keep savings safe
d) fix broken taps

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c) keep savings safe

2. Who else handles money all day, just like a banker?

a) a tailor
b) a cashier
c) a plumber
d) a gardener

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b) a cashier

Associated Words

Words that end in -ker: locker, sticker, woodpecker

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