What does meteorologist mean?
Word: Meteorologist
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Meteorologist means a scientist who studies the air and works out what the weather is likely to do next.
How do you spell meteorologist?
Syllables: me - te - o - rol - o - gist
Tricky part: Said fast, the word loses a beat, and pupils write meterologist with no o after the second e. That o has to stay.
Watch out for: meterologist, meteorolojist
Memory tip: Clap out six beats as you practise. The third beat, the o, is the one people swallow.
Meteorologist in a sentence
Example 1: A meteorologist at the airport checks the wind before flights leave.
Example 2: My cousin is training in London to become a meteorologist.
Example 3: The school trip went ahead after a meteorologist promised clear skies.
Fun Fact
Meteorologist and meteor share a Greek word for things high in the air, which is why a weather expert has a title that sounds as if it belongs to an astronomer.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
meteorollogist
a) s
b) g
c) t
d) l
Show answer
d) l. One l is enough, as in the ending of biology.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The meteoroligist on the news said the monsoon would reach Kerala by Friday.
a) reach
b) Friday
c) meteoroligist
d) monsoon
Show answer
c) meteoroligist. The study words in ology keep that o in their ologist form too.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
oittlsogmoree
a) ornithologist
b) archaeologist
c) dermatologist
d) meteorologist
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d) meteorologist. Only one of these has no a, n, c or d among its letters, and the jumble has none either.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) astronaught
b) meteorologist
c) architecht
d) accountent
Show answer
b) meteorologist. Architect ends in ct, accountant in ant, and astronaut in aut.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these would a meteorologist use at work?
a) a spirit level
b) a rain gauge
c) a stethoscope
d) a sewing machine
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b) a rain gauge
2. Farmers in Maharashtra listen closely to a meteorologist's report mainly to decide ____.
a) which tractor to buy
b) where to store old tools
c) when to sow their crops
d) how to price their mangoes
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c) when to sow their crops
