What does beginner mean?
Word: Beginner
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Beginner means someone who has only just taken up an activity or skill.
How do you spell beginner?
Syllables: be - gin - ner
Tricky part: The middle needs a double n. With a single one the vowel before it would seem to want a long sound, and the word would look wrong.
Watch out for: beginer, beginnar
Memory tip: On your first day at anything, you want a friend beside you. The n has one too: a second n stands right next to it.
Idioms and Phrases
- beginner's luck: the good fortune someone seems to have when trying something for the first time. Example: "Riya won her very first carrom game, and her brother called it beginner's luck."
Beginner in a sentence
Example 1: As a beginner, Kavya played only the simple tunes on her keyboard.
Example 2: The swimming coach puts every beginner in the shallow end of the pool.
Example 3: Even the best chess players were once beginners.
Fun Fact
Japanese has a well-known word, shoshin, often translated as beginner's mind: staying as open and curious as someone trying a thing for the first time, however skilled you are.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
beginner
a) learner
b) trainee
c) novice
d) expert
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d) expert. An expert knows a subject thoroughly, the very opposite of someone trying it for the first time.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
nergbine
a) bewilder
b) begrudge
c) beginning
d) beginner
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d) beginner. Two e's and two n's are among these letters, and one option alone uses them with no letter added.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
begginner
a) b
b) r
c) e
d) g
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d) g. The g stays single; the doubling belongs later in the word.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
b_g_nner
a) a, i
b) i, i
c) e, i
d) e, e
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c) e, i. A soft e follows the b, and the next vowel is the i of win.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which class at a music school would suit a beginner best?
a) Advanced Concert Practice
b) Getting Ready for a Tour
c) Master Class for Teachers
d) First Steps on the Guitar
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d) First Steps on the Guitar
2. Which remark would you most expect to hear from a beginner at tennis?
a) How should I hold this racket?
b) I won the state title twice.
c) My serve is the best here.
d) I have coached for many years.
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a) How should I hold this racket?
