What does musician mean?
Word: Musician
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Musician means a person who plays an instrument, sings or composes songs, often as a job or a serious hobby.
How do you spell musician?
Syllables: mu - si - cian
Tricky part: The ending sounds like shun, which tempts children to write tion or shan. Job words like this one end in cian.
Watch out for: musition, musican
Memory tip: Line it up with two other job words, magician and electrician: all three people end in cian.
Musician in a sentence
Example 1: A street musician played the flute near the Gateway of India every evening.
Example 2: My cousin wants to become a musician and practises the tabla for an hour a day.
Example 3: Every musician in the school band tuned their instrument before the concert.
Fun Fact
Only a handful of musicians have received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. They include the shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan and the singer M S Subbulakshmi.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
m_s_cian
a) u, e
b) o, i
c) u, i
d) e, i
Show answer
c) u, i. The first gap takes u, and the second takes the i that comes before the c.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
mussician
a) c
b) u
c) s
d) m
Show answer
c) s. You hear a buzzing sound here, yet one s does the job.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) melody
b) orchestra
c) rythm
d) musician
Show answer
c) rythm. Rhythm has an h after the r as well as after the t.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
iinmaucs
a) musician
b) technician
c) physician
d) magician
Show answer
a) musician. Magician needs a g, and physician and technician need letters such as h, p, t or e that the jumble lacks.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these might a musician carry to work?
a) a paintbrush
b) a stethoscope
c) a spanner
d) a violin
Show answer
d) a violin
2. A musician who plays the sitar makes sounds mainly with ____.
a) her breath through a pipe
b) her feet on two pedals
c) a stick on a drum
d) her fingers on the strings
Show answer
d) her fingers on the strings
