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Spell Bee Word: Florist


What does florist mean?

Word: Florist

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Florist means a person who sells flowers in a shop.

How do you spell florist?

Syllables: flor - ist

Tricky part: Florist starts with flor, not flour. Children often write flourist.

Watch out for: flourist, floorist, flowrist

Memory tip: Think flo for flowers: a florist starts f-l-o-r, with no u squeezed in.

Florist in a sentence

Example 1: The florist tied the roses with a red ribbon.

Example 2: We bought red roses from the florist for Mum's birthday.

Example 3: The florist's shop smells of jasmine.

Fun Fact

The word florist comes from the Latin word flos, which means flower.

Practise the CREST Way

Jumble Tumble

What is the meaning of the word that can be formed from the given letters?

stilfor

a) a person who cooks in a hotel kitchen
b) a person who looks after your teeth
c) a person who draws or paints pictures
d) someone who sells bunches of fresh blooms

Show answer

d) someone who sells bunches of fresh blooms. Stilfor makes florist, the person at the flower shop.

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

flor_ _t

a) es
b) is
c) us
d) as

Show answer

b) is. The word ends in ist, a common ending for people and their jobs.

Spell Spies

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) baker
b) docter
c) farmer
d) florist

Show answer

b) docter. Doctor ends in or.

Word Champ

Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?

florist

a) frost
b) roots
c) lost
d) first

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b) roots. Count the o's: roots has two, florist has one.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would a florist make?

a) a garland for a wedding
b) a dress for a school play
c) a cake for a party
d) a chair for the classroom

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a) a garland for a wedding

2. What does a florist use to keep cut flowers fresh?

a) a hot oven
b) a bag of sand
c) a vase of water
d) a dry paper box

Show answer

c) a vase of water

Associated Words

More Class 2 Winter Spell Bee words starting with f: flamingo, foam, fidget, faint, firefly, fishing

More words from this list

iris, noodle, railing, smudge, thrice, wool, boast, deck

Next steps

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