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Spell Bee Word: Sharpener

Sharpener (noun): a small tool with a blade inside. You turn a pencil in it to make the tip pointed again.


What does sharpener mean?

Word: Sharpener

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Sharpener means a small tool with a blade inside. You turn a pencil in it to make the tip pointed again.

How do you spell sharpener?

Syllables: sharp - en - er

Tricky part: Children often leave out the e in the middle and write sharpner. Say all three beats.

Watch out for: sharpner, sharpenner

Memory tip: Say it in three beats, sharp-en-er, and give each beat its own letters: the en in the middle is the beat that goes missing.

Sharpener in a sentence

Example 1: My pencil broke, so I borrowed Aman's sharpener.

Example 2: Empty your sharpener into the dustbin, not on the floor.

Example 3: This sharpener has two holes, one for thick pencils.

Fun Fact

Before small pencil sharpeners were common, people sharpened pencils with a little folding knife called a penknife, first made for cutting pens from feathers.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) sharpenar
b) sharpenor
c) sharpener
d) sharpenur

Show answer

c) sharpener. The last beat is er, as in teacher and painter.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

sharrpener

a) r
b) a
c) e
d) p

Show answer

a) r. Only one r sits between the a and the p of sharp.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

pencil, ____, shavings, dustbin

a) sharpener
b) ruler
c) notebook
d) rubber

Show answer

a) sharpener. A pencil goes into the sharpener, the sharpener cuts off shavings, and the shavings go in the dustbin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do you need a sharpener?

a) when your bag is heavy
b) when your rubber is lost
c) when your pencil tip is blunt
d) when your pen has no ink

Show answer

c) when your pencil tip is blunt

2. Besides a pencil, a sharpener can also put a point on a ____.

a) rubber
b) pen
c) crayon
d) ruler

Show answer

c) crayon

Associated Words

Words that end in -ner: manner, corner, dinner, gardener, fastener, designer

More words from this list

theatre, breakfast, crew, folder, hide, magician, pharmacy, selfish

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