What does scanner mean?
Word: Scanner
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Scanner means a machine that reads a page, picture or code and turns it into a digital copy. In hospitals, it is a machine that takes pictures of the inside of the body.
How do you spell scanner?
Syllables: scan - ner
Tricky part: Scan ends in one vowel and one consonant, so the n doubles when the ending is added. Scaner with one n is a common slip.
Watch out for: scaner, skanner, scanerr
Memory tip: Scan is a short word with one vowel and one final consonant, like win and run, so its n doubles before a vowel ending: win, winning; run, running.
Scanner in a sentence
Example 1: Dad used the scanner to copy my birth certificate for the form.
Example 2: At the airport, our bags went through a large X-ray scanner.
Example 3: The shop assistant passed each packet over the scanner at the till.
Fun Fact
In 1957 the American engineer Russell Kirsch used one of the first image scanners to copy a photo of his baby son. It is often called the first digital image, just 176 by 176 pixels.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) scanner
b) mouce
c) projecter
d) keybord
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a) scanner. Projector ends in or, keyboard keeps the oa of board and mouse ends in se.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rnecasn
a) scatter
b) scanner
c) spanner
d) scamper
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b) scanner. Two n's and a c: spanner has p, and scamper and scatter need letters that are not here.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letter to form a word:
scann_r
a) u
b) o
c) a
d) e
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d) e. A machine or person that scans is a scanner, with the er ending of printer and reader.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which job could a scanner do for you?
a) print a photo on glossy paper
b) staple loose pages together
c) laminate a school certificate
d) make a digital copy of a drawing
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d) make a digital copy of a drawing
2. At a supermarket checkout, the scanner reads the ____.
a) brand logo
b) product's colour
c) expiry date
d) barcode
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d) barcode
