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Spell Bee Word: Marker


What does marker mean?

Word: Marker

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Marker means a pen with a thick felt tip, used for writing on whiteboards or for colouring.

How do you spell marker?

Syllables: mark - er

Tricky part: Marker ends in er, like teacher and maker. Children often write markar or markur.

Watch out for: markar, markur

Memory tip: Many things that do a job end in er: a marker, a sharpener, an eraser.

Marker in a sentence

Example 1: Write your name on the box with a black marker.

Example 2: Neha coloured the map with a blue marker.

Example 3: Riya drew a big red heart with her new marker.

Fun Fact

A felt-tip marker draws with a soft pad of felt or fibre that soaks up the ink, a little like a sponge.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) marker
b) murker
c) morker
d) merker

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a) marker. The first vowel sounds like the a in car and is written with a.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

chalk, blackboard, marker, ____

a) plate
b) whiteboard
c) pillow
d) shoe

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b) whiteboard. We write with chalk on a blackboard and with a marker on a whiteboard.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

marrker

a) m
b) e
c) r
d) k

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c) r. Only one r comes before the k.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our teacher wrote the date with a green marker and a long ruller.

a) date
b) teacher
c) ruller
d) marker

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c) ruller. A ruler has only one l.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why should you put the cap back on a marker?

a) so that it changes colour
b) so that the ink does not dry
c) so that it smells nice
d) so that it gets heavier

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b) so that the ink does not dry

2. A marker that cannot be rubbed off is called ____.

a) a permanent marker
b) a chalk marker
c) a pencil marker
d) a water marker

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a) a permanent marker

Associated Words

Next steps

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