What does shopkeeper mean?
Word: Shopkeeper
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Shopkeeper means a person who owns or runs a small shop.
How do you spell shopkeeper?
Syllables: shop - keep - er
Tricky part: The long sound in the middle is written ee; children who say it quickly write shopkeper with one e.
Watch out for: shopkeper, shopkeaper, shoppkeeper
Memory tip: Two e's sit in the middle like two eyes keeping watch over the counter.
Shopkeeper in a sentence
Example 1: The shopkeeper at the corner store always keeps a jar of toffees for children.
Example 2: Ask the shopkeeper if he has notebooks with a red cover.
Example 3: Our local shopkeeper knows every family on the street by name.
Fun Fact
The phrase a nation of shopkeepers, often used about Britain, appears in Adam Smith's famous 1776 book The Wealth of Nations.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) shopkeeper
b) wherehouse
c) bookshlef
d) storeroome
Show answer
a) shopkeeper. Warehouse begins with ware, bookshelf ends in elf, and storeroom has no e at the end.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
eehsopekpr
a) peephole
b) shopkeeper
c) keepsake
d) hopscotch
Show answer
b) shopkeeper. Peephole has an l, hopscotch has a c and a t, and keepsake has an a, so only one word fits.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
s_opkeep_r
a) h,e
b) h,o
c) c,e
d) h,a
Show answer
a) h,e. The word opens with the sh of ship, and a person who does a job often ends in er, as in baker.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) custamer
b) reciept
c) shopkeeper
d) grosery
Show answer
c) shopkeeper. Customer has an o after the t, grocery has a c before the e, and receipt puts e before i and hides a p.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which question is a shopkeeper most likely to ask?
a) Shall we start the lesson?
b) Which runway should I use?
c) What would you like to buy?
d) How far away is the Moon?
Show answer
c) What would you like to buy?
2. Which word means almost the same as shopkeeper?
a) retailer
b) traveller
c) engineer
d) gardener
Show answer
a) retailer
