What does instructor mean?
Word: Instructor
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Instructor means a person who teaches a practical skill or a subject, such as driving, swimming, yoga or first aid.
Synonyms: teacher, trainer, tutor
Antonyms: learner, student, pupil
How do you spell instructor?
Syllables: in - struc - tor
Tricky part: The ending is or, not er, even though many job words, such as teacher and trainer, end in er.
Watch out for: instructer, instrutor, instrucktor
Memory tip: An instructor, like an actor or a doctor, is a person who does something, and all three end in or.
Instructor in a sentence
Example 1: Our yoga instructor asks us to breathe slowly before every pose.
Example 2: The driving instructor in Pune made me practise reversing for a whole week.
Example 3: Ask the instructor before you touch the climbing ropes.
Fun Fact
In classical Latin an instructor was a preparer, from the verb instruere, to build or arrange; the sense of a teacher grew up in later Latin, and English took that sense in the 1400s.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letters to form a word:
in_tr_ctor
a) c,u
b) s,a
c) s,u
d) s,o
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c) s,u. Say it slowly, in-STRUC-tor: an s comes before the t, and the vowel in struc is a u.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word instructor as used in the sentence:
At the club, the swimming instructor stood at the edge of the pool and corrected every stroke.
a) beginner
b) spectator
c) trainee
d) coach
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d) coach. A coach also teaches a skill; a trainee and a beginner are the people being taught.
Spell-o-Spell
Three words in the list are spelt correctly and one is misspelt. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word.
1. electritian 2. instructor 3. librarian 4. carpenter
a) a person who looks after a library
b) a person who fits and repairs electrical wiring
c) a person who teaches a practical skill
d) a person who makes things from wood
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b) a person who fits and repairs electrical wiring. Electrician is built on electric, so its c stays before ian; instructor, librarian and carpenter are all spelt correctly.
Mingle-Mangle
Rearrange the jumbled letters in the sentence to find the right word:
Our dance torcntsrui taught us a new step for the annual day.
a) inspector
b) instructor
c) director
d) conductor
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b) instructor. There is no p, e or d in the jumble, so it cannot be inspector, director or conductor.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What would you most expect to hear from a pottery instructor?
a) These mangoes cost sixty rupees.
b) Press the clay gently with both thumbs.
c) Your parcel will arrive on Friday.
d) The train to Agra is running late.
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b) Press the clay gently with both thumbs.
2. In which of these words does or name a person, as it does in instructor?
a) visitor
b) error
c) horror
d) mirror
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a) visitor
