Spell Bee Word: Farmer

What does farmer mean?

Word: Farmer

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Farmer means a person who grows crops like rice and wheat, or keeps animals like cows and hens, on a farm.

Synonyms: grower

How do you spell farmer?

Syllables: far - mer

Tricky part: The ending is er, not ar or or: children often write farmar or farmor.

Watch out for: farmar, farmor, fermer

Memory tip: Teacher, painter, farmer: many words for a person who does a job end in er, and farmer is one of them.

Farmer in a sentence

Example 1: The farmer gets up before the sun to milk his cows.

Example 2: Our neighbour is a farmer who grows sugarcane.

Example 3: The farmer sold fresh tomatoes at the Sunday market.

Fun Fact

Punjab is often called the granary of India because its farmers grow so much wheat and rice.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) tailor
b) doctor
c) famer
d) teacher

Show answer

c) famer. Farmer needs an r after the a, just as far does.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

____, miller, baker, shopkeeper

a) farmer
b) doctor
c) tailor
d) painter

Show answer

a) farmer. The farmer grows the wheat, the miller grinds it, the baker makes bread and the shopkeeper sells it.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The farmmer gave us a basket of ripe guavas.

a) farmmer
b) ripe
c) guavas
d) basket

Show answer

a) farmmer. Farmer has only one m.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does a farmer do most of the work?

a) in a field
b) in an office
c) in a bank
d) in a shop

Show answer

a) in a field

2. A farmer often drives a ____ to plough the field.

a) taxi
b) tractor
c) scooter
d) bus

Show answer

b) tractor

Associated Words

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Next steps

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