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Spell Bee Word: Curator


Basic Details

Word: Curator

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A person who looks after the objects in a museum, art gallery or zoo collection and decides what is shown to visitors.

Synonyms: keeper

How to Spell Curator

Syllables: cu - ra - tor

Tricky part: Curator finishes in or, not er. Many children write curater because they think of painter and teacher.

Watch out for: curater, curetor, curatur

Memory tip: A curator is a job word that ends in or, like doctor and actor. Line them up in your head: doctor, actor, curator.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The curator told us the bronze statue was found in a field near Thanjavur.

Example 2: At the Salar Jung Museum, a curator explained how the old clock works.

Example 3: My aunt is a curator, and she chooses which paintings go on the walls.

Fun Fact

Curator comes from the Latin word curare, to take care of. The word cure is related to it.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) curater
b) statue
c) gallery
d) museum

Show answer

a) curater. Curator ends in or, the same as doctor.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

rotcaur

a) curotar
b) curator
c) curtaor
d) cuartor

Show answer

b) curator. Say cu-ra-tor slowly and pick the letters in that order.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The curater showed us an old sword kept in a glass case at the museum.

a) curater
b) museum
c) sword
d) glass

Show answer

a) curater. The person who runs the museum's collection is a curator, ending in or.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does a curator usually work?

a) in a bakery
b) at a bus depot
c) in a museum
d) in a post office

Show answer

c) in a museum

2. The curator chose which ____ to put on show.

a) customers
b) paintings
c) patients
d) passengers

Show answer

b) paintings

Associated Words

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valiantoutcomecellphoneregionflexible

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