What does starter mean?
Word: Starter
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Starter means a small dish eaten at the beginning of a meal. A starter is also a person or animal that is in a race when it begins.
How do you spell starter?
Syllables: start - er
Tricky part: The last sound is weak and easy to mishear, so many children write a or ar there. It is spelt er.
Watch out for: startar, starta
Memory tip: Tell yourself: the e comes before the r at the end, just as the starter comes before the main dish.
Idioms and Phrases
- for starters: used to give the first of several points or reasons Example: "For starters, we need chart paper, glue and a pair of scissors for the project."
Starter in a sentence
Example 1: We shared crispy paneer pakoras as a starter.
Example 2: The starter at Priya's party was a plate of hara bhara kebabs.
Example 3: Dad asked the waiter to bring the starters first, before the rice and dal.
Fun Fact
Cars have a starter too: a small electric motor that gets the engine going when the driver turns the key or presses a button.
Practise the CREST Way
Spellacadabra
From which option does a letter need to be removed to make a meaningful word?
a) pudding
b) pickle
c) chutney
d) startter
Show answer
d) startter. The first dish of a meal has no double t; pudding, chutney and pickle are already right.
Word Champ
Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?
starter
a) treat
b) taste
c) street
d) stare
Show answer
c) street. Street needs two e's, and the given word has only one.
Spell Spies
Choose the option with no spelling errors:
a) starter, main cours, dessert, sallad
b) starter, mian course, dessert, salid
c) starter, main course, dessert, salad
d) starter, main course, dezert, salaad
Show answer
c) starter, main course, dessert, salad. Dessert takes a double s, course ends in se and salad has one l, so this list has no mistakes.
Sound Check
In which word does 'ar' sound different?
a) warm
b) party
c) starter
d) garden
Show answer
a) warm. In warm the ar is said like the or in fork; in the other three it is the 'ah' of car.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these would most likely be served as a starter?
a) a bowl of tomato soup
b) a slice of birthday cake
c) a big plate of biryani
d) a glass of mango lassi
Show answer
a) a bowl of tomato soup
2. Ravi says, 'I am a slow starter in the mornings.' What does he mean?
a) He wakes up very early
b) He eats a big breakfast
c) He takes a while to get going
d) He runs fast to school
Show answer
c) He takes a while to get going
