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Spell Bee Word: critic


Basic Details

Word: Critic

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A person who judges and writes about books, films, food or art, or someone who points out faults in something.

Synonyms: reviewer, judge, commentator

Antonyms: admirer, supporter, fan

How to Spell Critic

Syllables: crit - ic

Tricky part: Both k sounds are spelt c, one at each end: c-r-i-t-i-c. Students write critick or crittic.

Watch out for: critick, crittic, critik

Memory tip: Critic starts and ends with c, like a pair of brackets around rit and i.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The film critic gave the new movie four stars.

Example 2: My sister is my harshest critic when I sing.

Example 3: A food critic visited the dhaba and praised its dal makhani.

Fun Fact

Many restaurant critics eat without revealing who they are, so that the kitchen cannot give them special treatment.

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Word Makeup

Only one of these words takes the suffix al to make a real word. Choose it.

al

a) panic
b) picnic
c) critic
d) traffic

Show answer

c) critic. Critic plus al gives critical, but panical, traffical and picnical are not words.

Word Connection

Choose the word closest in meaning to critic as used in the sentence:

The book critic of the city newspaper wrote that the young writer's first novel was gripping from start to finish.

a) reviewer
b) fan
c) actor
d) printer

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a) reviewer. A critic who writes about books is a reviewer.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:

Even the strictest ictirc in town agreed that the new bridge was well built.

a) citric
b) critical
c) cryptic
d) critic

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d) critic. Citric describes the acid in lemons and cannot agree with anyone; the person judging the bridge is a critic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a theatre critic do?

a) judges and writes about plays
b) sells the tickets
c) builds the stage
d) acts in the plays

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a) judges and writes about plays

2. A critic who liked a film gives it a ____ review.

a) hidden
b) printed
c) blank
d) positive

Show answer

d) positive

Associated Words

profitincorrigibleagainconceptiondiscontinued
pastsituatedventuresomeellipticalanyplace

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