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Spell Bee Word: Editor


What does editor mean?

Word: Editor

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Editor means a person who is in charge of a newspaper or magazine, or who checks and improves what writers have written.

How do you spell editor?

Syllables: ed - i - tor

Tricky part: The ending sounds like er, so children write er by mistake. This job title takes or, as doctor and actor do.

Watch out for: editer, editar

Memory tip: An editor keeps asking: this word or that one? Let the or in that question close the word.

Editor in a sentence

Example 1: The editor cut two paragraphs from my story and changed the title.

Example 2: Aunt Leela is the sports editor of a daily paper in Cape Town.

Example 3: Every writer needs a good editor to catch small slips.

Fun Fact

Many people guess that this noun was made from the verb edit, but it happened the other way round: the noun is older, and the verb was formed from it.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

_d_tor

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

Show answer

a) e, i. Bed gives you the opening sound, and a weak i comes after the d.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our school magazine needs an edditor who can spot every mistake.

a) edditor
b) mistake
c) spot
d) magazine

Show answer

a) edditor. After the opening e, a lone d leads into the i.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) jurnalist
b) author
c) reporter
d) editor

Show answer

a) jurnalist. Journalist has ou after the j.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would an editor most likely do with a very long article?

a) trim it to fit the page
b) print it on a big machine
c) deliver it to people's homes
d) sell it at the railway station

Show answer

a) trim it to fit the page

2. An editor's desk is usually covered with ____.

a) seed packets and soil
b) spanners and loose screws
c) cooking pots and pans
d) pages marked in red pen

Show answer

d) pages marked in red pen

Associated Words

Words that end in -itor: visitor, competitor, monitor, solicitor

More words from this list

greenhouse, length, password, represent, subtitle, waistcoat, autopilot, content

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