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Spell Bee Word: Potter


What does potter mean?

Word: Potter

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Potter means a person who makes pots, bowls and other things out of clay.

How do you spell potter?

Syllables: pot - ter

Tricky part: The t is double. Children hear it once and write poter.

Watch out for: poter, pottor

Memory tip: A pot with two handles side by side gives you the two t's in the middle of this word.

Potter in a sentence

Example 1: A potter in our village made this water jug.

Example 2: We watched a potter at the craft fair.

Example 3: The potter sat at her wheel all morning.

Fun Fact

A matka made by a potter keeps water cool, because a little water seeps through the clay and dries off.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) docter
b) potter
c) tailor
d) farmer

Show answer

a) docter. A doctor is spelt with or at the end.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

ottper

a) ttopre
b) opttre
c) pottre
d) potter

Show answer

d) potter. Look for the thing this worker makes right at the start of the word.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The pottar shaped wet clay into a bowl.

a) bowl
b) clay
c) shaped
d) pottar

Show answer

d) pottar. Jobs like this often end the way baker and painter do.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

potterr

a) e
b) o
c) t
d) r

Show answer

d) r. A single letter is all this word needs at the very end.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a potter most likely to sell at the market?

a) a flower vase
b) a bicycle
c) a wooden chair
d) a cotton shirt

Show answer

a) a flower vase

2. How does a potter make a soft bowl hard?

a) by baking it in a hot oven
b) by dipping it in cold water
c) by wrapping it in soft cloth
d) by leaving it out in the rain

Show answer

a) by baking it in a hot oven

Associated Words

Words that end in -ter: scooter, sister, firefighter, daughter, granddaughter, laughter

More words from this list

sing, tomato, alligator, brand, cook, farm, hammer, meerkat

Next steps

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