What does schooner mean?
Word: Schooner
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Schooner means a sailing ship with two or more masts.
How do you spell schooner?
Syllables: schoo - ner
Tricky part: The opening sound is sk, but it is written sch, with a quiet h. Skooner is the usual slip.
Watch out for: skooner, schoner
Memory tip: Imagine your whole school sailing away on this ship: school gives you the sch at the start.
Schooner in a sentence
Example 1: A two-masted schooner lay at anchor just off the coast.
Example 2: In the maritime museum in London we saw a model of an old trading schooner.
Example 3: The schooner reached port three days late because the wind had dropped.
Fun Fact
Bluenose, a Canadian fishing schooner famous for its racing wins, was so admired that a copy, Bluenose II, was built in Nova Scotia in 1963.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Champ
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
schoo___
a) ner
b) nor
c) nar
d) nur
Show answer
a) ner. The ending is the plain -er that many nouns use.
Jumble Tumble
Choose the correct sequence of the jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:
reoncsoh 12345678
a) 21458367
b) 65837421
c) 36548127
d) 42678513
Show answer
b) 65837421. Those positions spell the ship with two or more masts.
Sound Check
In which word is 'ch' pronounced differently?
a) schooner
b) cherry
c) chemist
d) chorus
Show answer
b) cherry. Cherry has the ch of chin; in the others the letters make a k sound.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the given sentence?
The wooden schooner glided past the iland with its canvas billowing in the strong morning breeze.
a) 2
b) 3
c) 0
d) 1
Show answer
d) 1. Only island is misspelt: it has lost its silent s.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What moves a schooner through the water?
a) wind filling its sails
b) a coal-fired engine
c) oars pulled by rowers
d) a long towing cable
Show answer
a) wind filling its sails
2. What would a schooner's crew most often handle?
a) ropes and heavy canvas
b) bricks and wet cement
c) wires and circuit boards
d) railway points and signals
Show answer
a) ropes and heavy canvas
