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Spell Bee Word: Narrator


What does narrator mean?

Word: Narrator

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Narrator means the person whose voice tells us what happens in a book, film or play.

How do you spell narrator?

Syllables: nar - ra - tor

Tricky part: There are two r's in the middle, and the ending is or, not er.

Watch out for: narator, narrater, narrotor

Memory tip: Narrate has rr, like a dog's long grrr. The person who narrates is the narrator, and that person ending is or.

Narrator in a sentence

Example 1: Maria was chosen as the narrator for the end-of-year school play.

Example 2: The narrator of this book is a talking cat.

Example 3: The film's narrator has a deep, calm voice.

Fun Fact

When the narrator is one of the characters and tells the story using I and me, it is called a first-person narrator.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tarronar

a) navigator
b) radiator
c) narrative
d) narrator

Show answer

d) narrator. Narrative and navigator need a v, and radiator needs a d and an i.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

narrator

a) author
b) storyteller
c) audience
d) listener

Show answer

b) storyteller. The author writes the story, but the narrator is the storyteller inside it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) narrator
b) audiance
c) translater
d) edditor

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a) narrator. Editor has one d, translator ends in or and audience has ie.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The narrator of our puppet show forgot one line but carried on bravley.

a) bravley
b) narrator
c) forgot
d) puppet

Show answer

a) bravley. Bravely keeps the e of brave before ly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a school play, the narrator ____.

a) plays the music
b) explains the story
c) works the lights
d) sells the tickets

Show answer

b) explains the story

2. Which of these always needs a narrator?

a) a photo album
b) a silent film
c) a music video
d) an audiobook

Show answer

d) an audiobook

Associated Words

Words that end in -rator: numerator, refrigerator, curator

More words from this list

qualifier, solitary, underpass, amphibian, cleaner, disbelief, foreign, intentional

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