What does navigator mean?
Word: Navigator
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Navigator means the person on a ship or plane whose job is to work out the route.
How do you spell navigator?
Syllables: nav - i - ga - tor
Tricky part: The second vowel is the trouble. It is barely heard, so children guess a or e, but the letter there is an i.
Watch out for: navagator, navegator
Memory tip: Think of the navigator's keen eye on the map: the word has an i, an eye, just after the v.
Navigator in a sentence
Example 1: The ship's navigator marked the safest route around the rocks.
Example 2: Our rally driver trusted his navigator to call out every sharp bend.
Example 3: Mum acted as navigator, reading the map while Dad drove us to Ooty.
Fun Fact
Long before satellite maps, navigators found their position from the sun and stars, using an instrument called a sextant.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
vriogatan
a) narrator
b) navigation
c) alligator
d) navigator
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d) navigator. Navigation needs a second n, alligator two l's and narrator a second r, so just one word uses these letters.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
navigattor
a) g
b) v
c) t
d) o
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c) t. A single t runs straight into the ending here.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
n_vig_tor
a) o, a
b) a, e
c) e, a
d) a, a
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d) a, a. Each gap holds an a: the first is the a of nap, the second the a of gate.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) latitude
b) longittude
c) compass
d) navigator
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b) longittude. Longitude has just one t, and it comes after the i.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What would a ship's navigator need most?
a) a heavy iron anchor
b) a bucket of deck paint
c) a long fishing net
d) an up-to-date sea chart
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d) an up-to-date sea chart
2. Why is a navigator especially important at night or in fog?
a) Land and markers are hard to see
b) The food runs out much sooner
c) The crew have gone to sleep
d) The engines run more slowly
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a) Land and markers are hard to see
