What does scholar mean?
Word: Scholar
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Scholar means a person who has studied a subject for a long time and knows a lot about it.
How do you spell scholar?
Syllables: schol - ar
Tricky part: The k sound at the start is spelt sch, as at the start of school. Children who spell by sound write sk or sc.
Watch out for: skolar, scolar
Memory tip: Scholar and school begin with the same three letters, s-c-h, so picture a scholar sitting in a school library.
Scholar in a sentence
Example 1: My grandfather is a Sanskrit scholar who reads very old books.
Example 2: Aryabhata was a great scholar who studied the stars and numbers.
Example 3: The scholar answered every question the children asked about birds.
Fun Fact
Scholar and school both go back to an old Greek word, schole, which meant free time - time that could be spent on learning.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) scholare
b) scholar
c) scholarr
d) schoolar
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b) scholar. There is one o after sch, and nothing comes after the single r at the end.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letter to form a word:
schol_r
a) u
b) a
c) e
d) o
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b) a. The ending sounds weak, but it is written with an a.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
schollar
a) r
b) o
c) l
d) h
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c) l. Only one l sits in the middle of this word.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
scholar
a) beginner
b) expert
c) stranger
d) helper
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b) expert. An expert knows a lot about a subject, just as a scholar does.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is most likely to be called a scholar?
a) a boy who has just begun his first reader
b) a girl who came first in a running race
c) a man who sells fresh fruit at the market
d) a lady who has studied old poems all her life
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d) a lady who has studied old poems all her life
2. A scholar would most enjoy ____.
a) washing cars out in the street
b) reading old books and making notes
c) playing loud games all day long
d) sleeping right through the afternoon
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b) reading old books and making notes
