What does cleaner mean?
Word: Cleaner
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Cleaner means a person whose job is to clean houses, offices or other buildings. It can also mean a liquid or powder used for cleaning things.
How do you spell cleaner?
Syllables: clean - er
Tricky part: The long ee sound is spelt ea, as in sea and team. Writing ee, or a single e, is the usual mistake.
Watch out for: cleener, clener
Memory tip: After a long morning, a cleaner stops for a cup of tea, and the ea of tea belongs in this word too.
Cleaner in a sentence
Example 1: The school cleaner comes early to sweep the classrooms before the bell.
Example 2: Mama bought a new glass cleaner, and now the windows sparkle.
Example 3: Our office cleaner, Shanti didi, always waters the plants on the window sill.
Fun Fact
The same word names both the person and the product, so a cleaner can use a cleaner. Speaker works the same way: it can be a person giving a talk or the box that plays the sound.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
clean____
a) or
b) ur
c) ar
d) er
Show answer
d) er. Many job words add er to a doing word, as teach becomes teacher.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
nrealec
a) cleaner
b) cleanser
c) learner
d) clearer
Show answer
a) cleaner. Clearer has two r's and no n, learner has no c, and cleanser needs an s.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) electrishan
b) carpenter
c) cleaner
d) plumber
Show answer
a) electrishan. Electrician is built on electric, so it keeps the c and ends in cian.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The cleanner mopped the station floor until it shone.
a) mopped
b) cleanner
c) station
d) shone
Show answer
b) cleanner. This job word needs only one n before the ending.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does a cleaner carry around at work?
a) a ladder and a saw
b) a mop and a bucket
c) a hammer and nails
d) a pen and a ledger
Show answer
b) a mop and a bucket
2. Meena is a cleaner at a bank. What does she do at work?
a) keeps the rooms neat and tidy
b) checks the accounts each night
c) counts the money in the safe
d) gives out loans to customers
Show answer
a) keeps the rooms neat and tidy
