What does printer mean?
Word: Printer
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Printer means a machine joined to a computer that puts words and pictures onto paper. It can also mean a person whose job is making books or posters on a press.
How do you spell printer?
Syllables: print - er
Tricky part: There is only one t, even though the word is said quickly. The n and the t already sit together, so nothing needs doubling.
Watch out for: printter, pirnter
Memory tip: However fast you say printer, picture one t holding hands with the n before it: it never needs a twin.
Printer in a sentence
Example 1: The printer in the staff room is out of ink.
Example 2: Papa printed my train ticket on the home printer.
Example 3: The printer down our lane makes posters for the Ganesh festival.
Fun Fact
Before computers, a printer was a person. Johannes Gutenberg, a printer in Germany, built a press with movable metal letters around 1440.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our class made a poster, but the old printer smudged every colur.
a) printer
b) colur
c) poster
d) smudged
Show answer
b) colur. Colour is spelt with our in British English, as honour is.
Word Makeup
Choose the correct suffix to form a word:
print
a) ir
b) er
c) or
d) ar
Show answer
b) er. A printer is a thing that prints, and the doer ending here is -er, as in painter.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) printer
b) scaner
c) keybord
d) speeker
Show answer
a) printer. Board inside keyboard is spelt b-o-a-r-d, and speaker takes the ea of speak, so printer is the one left standing.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letter to form a word:
pr_nter
a) i
b) e
c) a
d) o
Show answer
a) i. Printer starts with print, which has the short i of pin.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does a printer need to keep working?
a) a mouse and mat
b) a lens and flash
c) a speaker and wire
d) ink and paper
Show answer
d) ink and paper
2. Which job would a printer in a small shop do?
a) bake birthday cakes
b) repair mobile phones
c) sew school uniforms
d) make wedding cards
Show answer
d) make wedding cards
