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Spell Bee Word: Ruler


What does ruler mean?

Word: Ruler

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Ruler means a flat strip of wood, plastic or metal marked in centimetres for measuring and drawing straight lines. A ruler is also a king, queen or other person who governs a country.

Synonyms: scale

How do you spell ruler?

Syllables: ru - ler

Tricky part: The ending is -er, not -ar, and there is only one l.

Watch out for: ruller, rular, rulor

Memory tip: A heater heats and a mixer mixes; a ruler belongs to the same -er family of things that do a job.

Ruler in a sentence

Example 1: Draw the margin with a ruler.

Example 2: My ruler is 30 centimetres long.

Example 3: Emperor Ashoka was a ruler who had wells dug and shady trees planted along the roads.

Fun Fact

The Lion Capital of Ashoka, made for the Mauryan ruler more than 2,000 years ago, is now the national emblem of India.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) ruler
b) scisors
c) sharpner
d) eraiser

Show answer

a) ruler. Sharpener lost its middle e, eraser gained an i and scissors lost an s; ruler is spelt right.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Meena lent me her steel rooler for the maths test.

a) steel
b) maths
c) test
d) rooler

Show answer

d) rooler. The 'oo' sound in ruler is a plain u, as in rule.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

eurlr

a) ulrer
b) urler
c) ruler
d) rluer

Show answer

c) ruler. Urler, rluer and ulrer end in er with one l, but the first three letters are in the wrong order.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 'Ashoka was a wise ruler', ruler means ____.

a) a teacher of children
b) a strip for measuring
c) a farmer in a field
d) a leader of a land

Show answer

d) a leader of a land

2. Which tool would you use instead of a ruler to measure a long room?

a) a measuring tape
b) a compass
c) a set square
d) a protractor

Show answer

a) a measuring tape

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