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Spell Bee Word: spokesperson


Basic Details

Word: Spokesperson

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A person chosen to speak for a group, a company or an organisation.

Synonyms: representative, spokesman, spokeswoman

How to Spell Spokesperson

Syllables: spokes - per - son

Tricky part: There is an s after spoke. Students hear spoke and write spokeperson, leaving out the s.

Watch out for: spokeperson, spokesparson, spokespersen

Memory tip: Think of the older words spokesman and spokeswoman. All three start with spokes, s included.

Usage Examples

Example 1: A spokesperson for the railways said the train would run on time.

Example 2: Our class chose Kabir as its spokesperson to talk to the principal.

Example 3: The company spokesperson answered the reporters' questions.

Fun Fact

Spokesperson came into use in the early 1970s as a word for anyone, man or woman, who speaks for a group; the older word was spokesman.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the correctly spelt compound word:

a) fingurprint
b) headquaters
c) grandparant
d) spokesperson

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d) spokesperson. Fingerprint needs an e after fing, grandparent ends in ent, and headquarters has an r before the t.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

pesonkossper

a) salesperson
b) spokesman
c) spokesperson
d) sportsperson

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c) spokesperson. The jumble has a k and three s's, and only spokesperson uses all of them.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) journalist
b) announcement
c) interview
d) spokeperson

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d) spokeperson. The word begins with spokes, and that s cannot be left out.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a spokesperson do?

a) cooks for a team
b) speaks for a group
c) writes all the group's books
d) guards a building

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b) speaks for a group

2. A spokesperson would most likely be seen ____.

a) at a press conference
b) in a vegetable garden
c) inside a submarine
d) on a school swing

Show answer

a) at a press conference

Associated Words

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