What does nutritionist mean?
Word: Nutritionist
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Nutritionist means an expert who studies food and advises people on what to eat to stay healthy and strong.
How do you spell nutritionist?
Syllables: nu - tri - tion - ist
Tricky part: The shun sound in the middle is written tion. Students who spell it by sound write nutrishionist or nutrishunist.
Watch out for: nutrishionist, nutrishunist, newtritionist
Memory tip: The shun sound wears a disguise in this word: on paper it turns into tion, as in lotion and potion.
Nutritionist in a sentence
Example 1: The school invited a nutritionist to talk to us about healthy tiffin boxes.
Example 2: Our cricket coach works with a nutritionist so the team eats well before matches.
Example 3: A nutritionist helped Dadi plan simple meals with more dal and sprouts.
Fun Fact
Nutrition comes from the Latin verb nutrire, to feed, the same root that gives English the words nourish and nurse.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
nutrition____
a) iste
b) ist
c) est
d) ast
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b) ist. Many people named for their skill end in ist, like artist and scientist.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tnoisiniurtt
a) nutritionist
b) nutritious
c) nutrition
d) nutrients
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a) nutritionist. Nutrition and nutritious are too short, and nutrients has an e, so only one word uses all twelve letters.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The nutritionist told the class to eat fresh fruit and plenty of vegtables every day.
a) nutritionist
b) fresh
c) vegtables
d) plenty
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c) vegtables. Vegetables keeps an e after the g, even though it is often swallowed in speech.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) nutritionist
b) minarel
c) carbohidrate
d) protien
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a) nutritionist. Protein breaks the usual rule with ei, carbohydrate has a y after the h, and mineral has an e in the middle.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which question would you most likely ask a nutritionist?
a) Where is the nearest railway station?
b) Which planet is the hottest one?
c) How do I mend a bicycle puncture?
d) How much fruit should I eat each day?
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d) How much fruit should I eat each day?
2. Which of these does a nutritionist most need to know about?
a) the speed of cars
b) the vitamins in fruit
c) the age of rocks
d) the names of stars
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b) the vitamins in fruit
