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Spell Bee Word: Chemist


What does chemist mean?

Word: Chemist

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Chemist means a shop or a person that sells medicines. A chemist is also a scientist who studies what things are made of.

Synonyms: pharmacist

How do you spell chemist?

Syllables: chem - ist

Tricky part: The ch makes a k sound, as in school. Children who spell by sound write kemist or kemmist.

Watch out for: kemist, kimist

Memory tip: Chemist, like school and chorus, uses ch for the 'k' sound. Think: the chemist is near my school.

Chemist in a sentence

Example 1: Papa bought a tube of cream from the chemist near the bus stop.

Example 2: The chemist checked the label before handing over the bottle.

Example 3: Marie Curie was a famous chemist who won two Nobel Prizes.

Fun Fact

Chemist is a shortened form of alchemist. Alchemists in the past tried to turn ordinary metals into gold.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Champ

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

chem___

a) ust
b) ast
c) ist
d) est

Show answer

c) ist. Chemist ends in -ist, like artist.

Spellacadabra

From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?

a) bandage
b) nurse
c) chemmist
d) doctor

Show answer

c) chemmist. Chemist has only one m.

Jumble Tumble

Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:

tmichse 1234567

a) 4573261
b) 5472361
c) 4752361
d) 4572361

Show answer

d) 4572361. Those numbers pick out c, h, e, m, i, s, t.

Spell Spies

Choose the pair which has a spelling error:

a) chemist : medicine
b) baker : cakes
c) farmer : vegetabels
d) potter : pots

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c) farmer : vegetabels. Vegetables ends in -bles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these could you buy at a chemist's?

a) school shoes
b) cough syrup
c) a cricket bat
d) fresh fish

Show answer

b) cough syrup

2. Which of these does a chemist in a laboratory use most?

a) sewing needles
b) hammers
c) paintbrushes
d) test tubes

Show answer

d) test tubes

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: pharmacist

More words from this list

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