Spell Bee Word: Painter

What does painter mean?

Word: Painter

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Painter means a person who paints pictures, or whose job is to paint walls and houses.

How do you spell painter?

Syllables: paint - er

Tricky part: The ay sound is spelt ai, as in rain. Children write paynter or peinter.

Watch out for: paynter, peinter, paintor

Memory tip: Painter and rain both have ai. A painter does not like to paint in the rain.

Painter in a sentence

Example 1: The painter painted our gate green.

Example 2: Didi wants to be a painter when she grows up.

Example 3: The painter mixed blue and white to make sky blue.

Fun Fact

Raja Ravi Varma, a painter from Kerala, had his pictures printed so that families all over India could buy them.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) paintar
b) picture
c) colour
d) brush

Show answer

a) paintar. Painter ends with er, like teacher.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

painter

a) author
b) actor
c) artist
d) athlete

Show answer

c) artist. Someone who makes pictures with a brush is an artist, the closest word to painter here.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

paintter

a) i
b) t
c) a
d) n

Show answer

b) t. Painter has a single t in the middle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a painter work with?

a) a needle
b) a spade
c) a whistle
d) a brush

Show answer

d) a brush

2. A painter mixes blue and yellow to make ____.

a) green
b) orange
c) purple
d) pink

Show answer

a) green

Associated Words

Words that end in -ter: scooter, sister, firefighter, writer, laughter, highlighter

More words from this list

safety, suggest, wipe, battery, chart, doe, frozen, kind

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