Basic Details
Word: Listener
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A person who listens, either to someone talking or to the radio, music or a talk.
Synonyms: hearer, audience member
Antonyms: speaker
How to Spell Listener
Syllables: lis - ten - er
Tricky part: Two letters disappear in careless spelling: the silent t (lisener) and the e between n and r (listner).
Watch out for: lisener, listner, listenner
Memory tip: Write the whole of listen first, every letter, then add er. Nothing from listen is lost.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Ammi is a patient listener who never interrupts.
Example 2: The radio host thanked every listener who had phoned in.
Example 3: A good listener remembers what the other person said.
Fun Fact
The radio service that Indians tuned in to for decades got the name All India Radio in 1936; it is also known as Akashvani.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Only one word in the list is spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of that word.
1. brodcast 2. listener 3. audiance 4. speeker
a) a person who listens
b) a person who gives a talk
c) a group of people who watch or listen to a performance
d) a programme sent out on radio or television
Show answer
a) a person who listens. Audience ends in ence, broadcast starts with broad, and speaker has ea: none of those three is spelt right here.
Word Cookie
Fill in the missing letters:
lis_en_r
a) t, a
b) d, o
c) s, e
d) t, e
Show answer
d) t, e. Listener is listen plus er, so it needs the silent t and the e of listen.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
The storyteller held every nlieetsr spellbound until the last line.
a) listener
b) listened
c) licenser
d) silencer
Show answer
a) listener. A storyteller holds a listener spellbound; listened ends in d and silencer needs a c.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which is the opposite role to a listener in a conversation?
a) speaker
b) audience
c) hearer
d) follower
Show answer
a) speaker
2. A good listener is someone who ____.
a) owns lots of old radios
b) listens without interrupting
c) sings songs very well
d) talks over everyone else
Show answer
b) listens without interrupting
