What does expert mean?
Word: Expert
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Expert means having a lot of skill or knowledge in something because you have practised or studied it for a long time. As a noun, an expert is a person like this.
Synonyms: knowledgeable
How do you spell expert?
Syllables: ex - pert
Tricky part: The ks sound near the start is written with a single x. Children often write ks, cs or xs in that place instead.
Watch out for: ekspert, exspert
Memory tip: An expert keeps things short and neat, and so does this word: one x does the whole ks sound by itself.
Expert in a sentence
Example 1: My grandmother is an expert cook, and her dosas always come out crisp.
Example 2: The expert gardener showed us how to plant tomato seedlings in rows.
Example 3: Ask Meera about birds, because she is an expert on the ones that visit our school garden.
Fun Fact
Expert comes from a Latin word meaning tried or tested, so an expert was first someone who had learnt by trying things out. Experiment and experience come from the same family of words.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
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a) e, u
b) a, i
c) i, e
d) e, e
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d) e, e. Both gaps take the same vowel, the e you hear in egg.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) sientist
b) arkitect
c) enjineer
d) expert
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d) expert. Scientist needs a c after the s, engineer has a g, and architect begins with arch.
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
expert
a) ley
b) lie
c) ly
d) lee
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c) ly. Expertly means in a skilled way, and it ends just as slowly and kindly do.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
expert
a) skilful
b) busy
c) talented
d) unskilled
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d) unskilled. A person who is unskilled has not yet learnt how to do a job well.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Dev is expert at chess. What can you say about him?
a) he finds it very boring
b) he plays it very well
c) he has never played it
d) he is still learning the moves
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b) he plays it very well
2. Which person is an expert in looking after teeth?
a) a tailor
b) a dentist
c) a pilot
d) a baker
Show answer
b) a dentist
