What does electrician mean?
Word: Electrician
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Electrician means a person whose job is to fit and repair electric wires, switches, lights and machines.
How do you spell electrician?
Syllables: e - lec - tri - cian
Tricky part: Keep the whole of electric at the front, c and all. That last c said k in electric, but here it joins the ending to make a sh sound.
Watch out for: electrition, electrishan, electricain
Memory tip: Picture the electrician's toolbox with ELECTRIC painted on its lid in full: that whole word, c included, comes first.
Electrician in a sentence
Example 1: We called an electrician when the kitchen light kept flickering.
Example 2: The electrician wore rubber gloves before touching the main switch.
Example 3: My uncle trained as an electrician at a college in Pune.
Fun Fact
Electric comes from the Greek elektron, meaning amber. People noticed long ago that amber rubbed with cloth could pull bits of straw towards it.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
electric
a) ian
b) ain
c) ean
d) ion
Show answer
a) ian. A person skilled in something electric is an electric + ian, the same ending as musician.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) carpanter
b) machanic
c) electrician
d) plumbar
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c) electrician. Carpenter has an e after the p, mechanic starts with mech and plumber ends in er, so electrician is the only correct spelling.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tecinarclie
a) electronic
b) electricity
c) electrician
d) electrical
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c) electrician. There is one l, two i's and no o or y among the letters, so only electrician fits.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The electrician fixed the broken swich in our kitchen before lunch.
a) swich
b) kitchen
c) lunch
d) electrician
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a) swich. Switch has tch at the end, as stitch does.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these jobs is NOT usually done by an electrician?
a) Fixing a leaking water pipe
b) Repairing faulty wiring
c) Putting up a ceiling fan
d) Fitting a new light switch
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a) Fixing a leaking water pipe
2. In a school play, Noah plays an electrician. Which line would he most likely say?
a) I have planed the door, so it will shut.
b) I have fixed the tap, so it will not drip.
c) I have glued the chair leg, so it will not wobble.
d) I have changed the fuse, so the lights will work.
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d) I have changed the fuse, so the lights will work.
