What does render mean?
Word: Render
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Render means to cause someone or something to be in a certain state; also to give help or a service, or to perform a song or piece of music.
Synonyms: make, give, provide, perform
Word origin: Comes from Old French rendre, 'to give back', from Latin reddere, from re- (back) and dare (to give).
How do you spell render?
Syllables: ren - der
Tricky part: Render keeps the short e of end in its first syllable, so it is never rinder or rander.
Watch out for: rinder, rander
Memory tip: The word end sits inside render, and that end gives you the first vowel.
Render in a sentence
Example 1: The news rendered him speechless.
Example 2: The volunteers rendered a great service by cleaning the beach.
Example 3: The choir rendered the national anthem beautifully.
Fun Fact
Computer artists say a program renders an image when it turns a 3D model into a finished picture; one frame of an animated film can take hours.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
The senior students offered to rendor help to the younger ones during the science fair.
a) rendor and science
b) only rendor
c) younger and fair
d) only offered
Show answer
b) only rendor. The verb ends in er, like tender; offered, science and younger are all spelt correctly.
Word Champ
Read the three statements. Which of them are true?
1. To render someone helpless is to make them helpless. 2. A rendezvous is a long letter of complaint. 3. A renagade is a person who leaves one side to join the other.
a) only 3 is true
b) all three are true
c) only 1 and 2 are true
d) only 1 is true
Show answer
d) only 1 is true. A rendezvous is a meeting, not a letter, and renegade has an e after ren.
Word Fusion
Pick the two parts that join to make the word described.
______ means to give in and stop resisting. 1. sur 2. pre 3. ex 4. render 5. tend 6. lend
a) 3 and 4
b) 2 and 6
c) 1 and 4
d) 1 and 5
Show answer
c) 1 and 4. Giving yourself up to the other side is surrender.
Jumble Tumble
Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
nedrre 123456
a) 412365
b) 421356
c) 421365
d) 423165
Show answer
c) 421365. A reversal such as 654321 makes nonsense; the word needs the r at 4 first, then the e at 2.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The flood rendered the bridge useless. What happened to the bridge?
a) It was made much wider.
b) It was painted again.
c) It was opened to traffic.
d) It could no longer be used.
Show answer
d) It could no longer be used.
2. A singer renders a love song at a wedding. She ___.
a) translates it into English
b) writes it down on paper
c) forgets most of the words
d) sings it for the guests
Show answer
d) sings it for the guests
