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Spell Bee Word: Computer


What does computer mean?

Word: Computer

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Computer means an electronic machine that stores information and follows instructions to do many kinds of work.

How do you spell computer?

Syllables: com - put - er

Tricky part: Pupils sometimes write or at the end, as in doctor. This word ends in er.

Watch out for: computor, computar

Memory tip: The machines around you help here: heater, cooler, mixer and computer all finish the same way.

Computer in a sentence

Example 1: Our school computer lab has thirty machines.

Example 2: Grandma learnt to use a computer when she was seventy.

Example 3: The computer saved my work just before the lights went out.

Fun Fact

Before machines took over the job, a computer was a person whose work was to do long sums by hand.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ptoermcu

a) computer
b) composer
c) commuter
d) comforter

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a) computer. There is no second m, no s and no f in the jumble, so only one option fits.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My uncle repairs every compewter on our street.

a) street
b) compewter
c) uncle
d) repairs

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b) compewter. The middle beat is spelt with a single u, not ew.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) printer
b) speeker
c) scanner
d) computer

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b) speeker. Speaker has ea in the middle.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

computter

a) u
b) p
c) m
d) t

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d) t. One t is enough here.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which part of a computer works most like a brain?

a) the mouse
b) the processor
c) the keyboard
d) the monitor

Show answer

b) the processor

2. What do we call the programs that tell a computer what to do?

a) hardware
b) wiring
c) network
d) software

Show answer

d) software

Associated Words

Words that end in -ter: router, shatter, chapter, reporter, oyster, master

More words from this list

downpour, germinate, khaki, often, rectify, stable, vacant, ascend

Next steps

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