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Spell Bee Word: Dancer


What does dancer mean?

Word: Dancer

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Dancer means a person who dances, for fun or as a job.

How do you spell dancer?

Syllables: dan - cer

Tricky part: The s sound in the middle of dancer is spelt c, just as in dance. Children often write danser or dansur.

Watch out for: dansur, danser

Memory tip: A dancer does a dance, so keep the c of dance when you write it.

Dancer in a sentence

Example 1: The Kathak dancer spun round and round.

Example 2: My cousin wants to be a dancer when she grows up.

Example 3: The dancers wore bells on their ankles.

Fun Fact

Ballet dancers often wear special shoes, called pointe shoes, so they can stand on the tips of their toes.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) dancer
b) dancur
c) dancor
d) dancar

Show answer

a) dancer. Dancer ends with er, like singer.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

paint, painter, dance, ____

a) dancing
b) danced
c) dances
d) dancer

Show answer

d) dancer. Each doing word is followed by the person who does it: a painter paints and a dancer dances.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

danncer

a) a
b) c
c) n
d) r

Show answer

c) n. One n is enough in dancer, just as in dance.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The dencer twirled across the stage.

a) across
b) stage
c) dencer
d) twirled

Show answer

c) dencer. Dancer has an a after the d, as dad does.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would you usually watch a dancer perform?

a) in a library
b) at a petrol pump
c) in a bank
d) on a stage

Show answer

d) on a stage

2. Who is a dancer?

a) someone who fixes taps
b) someone who does Bharatanatyam
c) someone who drives a bus
d) someone who bakes bread

Show answer

b) someone who does Bharatanatyam

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with da: dawn, dairy, daily, daddy

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flight, imagine, need, release, solid, unable, August, cage

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