What does occupier mean?
Word: Occupier
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Occupier means the person who lives in a house or flat, or uses a shop, office or piece of land, whether they own it or rent it.
Synonyms: resident
How do you spell occupier?
Syllables: oc - cu - pi - er
Tricky part: The ending is -ier, not -yer. The y at the end of the verb changes to i before -er is added, as it does in carry and carrier.
Watch out for: occupyer, occupeir
Memory tip: Picture the y packing its bags and moving out as the new person moves in: there is no y left in occupier.
Occupier in a sentence
Example 1: The occupier of the flat upstairs has two cats and a balcony full of tomato plants.
Example 2: Before the builders started work, they asked the occupier of each house for permission to park in the lane.
Example 3: Emma's family became the new occupiers of the old bakery and turned it into a bright cafe.
Fun Fact
In Britain, post sent to an address without a person's name is often marked simply The Occupier, so whoever lives there can open it.
Practise the CREST Way
Spellacadabra
Which word takes the same letter in both blanks?
a) ba_ _ony
b) ha_ _est
c) o_ _upier
d) fa_ _ory
Show answer
c) o_ _upier. Factory, harvest and balcony each need two different letters, while the word for the person in a building needs the same letter twice.
Spell Spies
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) multiplier
b) copier
c) occuppier
d) supplier
Show answer
c) occuppier. Supplier really does have two p's, but the word for the person living in a home has only one.
Word Puzzle
Match the words with the correct options:
1. occupier 2. neighbour 3. visitor a. a person who comes to see someone or somewhere for a short time b. a person who lives next door or close by c. someone who is currently living in or using a building
a) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
b) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
c) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
d) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
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d) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a. A visitor only stays a short while, a neighbour lives nearby, and the occupier is the one actually living there.
Word Tally
Give 2 marks for each correctly spelt word. How many marks will the list get?
occupier, tenent, landlord, doorstep, chimney
a) 6
b) 8
c) 10
d) 4
Show answer
b) 8. Only tenent is wrong, because tenant ends in ant, so four words score 2 marks each.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A family rents a flat from its owner and lives there. Who is the occupier?
a) the owner who rents it out
b) the builder who built the flat
c) the family living in the flat
d) the postman who delivers there
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c) the family living in the flat
2. When the occupier of a shop moves out and nobody takes over, the shop becomes what?
a) vacant
b) crowded
c) repainted
d) rebuilt
Show answer
a) vacant
