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Spell Bee Word: Comedian


What does comedian mean?

Word: Comedian

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Comedian means a performer who makes people laugh, for example by telling jokes on stage or on television.

How do you spell comedian?

Syllables: co - me - di - an

Tricky part: The ending sounds as if it could be ien or ean, so students write comedien or comedean.

Watch out for: comedien, comedean

Memory tip: As the performer walks out to the microphone, think of the words I Am Next. Their first letters give you the close.

Comedian in a sentence

Example 1: The comedian made the whole hall roar with laughter.

Example 2: My brother wants to be a comedian and tries his jokes on us at dinner.

Example 3: A good comedian waits for the laugh before going on.

Fun Fact

Charlie Chaplin became world famous as a comedian in silent films, making audiences laugh without speaking a word.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

c_m_dian

a) a, e
b) o, e
c) o, i
d) u, e

Show answer

b) o, e. The opening beat has the o of command, and the stressed beat has a long e sound.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

comeddian

a) d
b) m
c) e
d) n

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a) d. One d is enough here, as in comedy.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) playwright
b) cartoonist
c) commedian
d) ventriloquist

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c) commedian. A single m follows the first o.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

comedian

a) magician
b) juggler
c) comic
d) acrobat

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c) comic. In British English a comic can be a person who tells jokes on stage, the same job.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A comedian tells a joke and the room stays silent. How is the comedian most likely to feel?

a) quite hungry
b) very proud
c) rather sleepy
d) a little let down

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d) a little let down

2. What helps a comedian most on stage?

a) a good eye for numbers
b) a steady hand with a brush
c) a strong head for heights
d) a sharp sense of timing

Show answer

d) a sharp sense of timing

Associated Words

Words that end in -ian: guardian, historian, beautician, agrarian, custodian, amphibian

More words from this list

debug, entitle, hedgerow, loam, plausible, seller, wharf, ballot

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