What does grocer mean?
Word: Grocer
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Grocer means a person who owns or runs a shop that sells food and things for the home, such as rice, flour, tea and soap.
Synonyms: shopkeeper
How do you spell grocer?
Syllables: gro - cer
Tricky part: The s sound in the middle is spelt with a c. A c before e or i is said like s, as in rice and city, so do not write s or ss.
Watch out for: groser, groscer
Memory tip: The grocer sells rice, and both words use a c that sounds like s just before the e.
Grocer in a sentence
Example 1: Amma sends me to the grocer on the corner for a packet of tea.
Example 2: The grocer weighed two kilos of rice and tied the bag with string.
Example 3: Our grocer knows every family in the lane and keeps their favourite biscuits ready.
Fun Fact
The word comes from an old French word for a trader who bought and sold goods in large amounts, or by the gross, rather than a few at a time.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
crgoer
a) ground
b) grocer
c) grower
d) groove
Show answer
b) grocer. Grower has a w, groove a v and two o's, and ground a u, n and d; the letters given spell grocer.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
groocer
a) c
b) o
c) g
d) r
Show answer
b) o. Only one o is needed, the same long o you hear in go.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The grocar near our school sells fresh bread every morning.
a) fresh
b) grocar
c) morning
d) school
Show answer
b) grocar. The person who runs the shop is named with er at the end, like baker and farmer.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) bucher
b) tailar
c) chemmist
d) grocer
Show answer
d) grocer. Butcher has a t before ch, tailor ends in or, and chemist has a single m.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What would you expect to buy from a grocer?
a) a pair of shoes
b) a bag of lentils
c) a school bag
d) a new bicycle
Show answer
b) a bag of lentils
2. If the grocer says a tin of oil is out of stock, the shop ____.
a) has just lowered its price
b) sells it only on Sundays
c) keeps it in the window
d) has none left to sell
Show answer
d) has none left to sell
