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Spell Bee Word: Steamer


What does steamer mean?

Word: Steamer

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Steamer means a boat or ship that is driven by steam. It can also be a pan with small holes in which food is cooked over boiling water.

How do you spell steamer?

Syllables: steam - er

Tricky part: The long e sound is spelt ea. Children often write steemer, using the ee from words like sheep.

Watch out for: steemer, stemer

Memory tip: Picture a steamer puffing white clouds over the sea, with a big ea painted on its side.

Steamer in a sentence

Example 1: We took a steamer across the river to reach the island.

Example 2: Mum cooks momos in a bamboo steamer.

Example 3: Long ago, steamers carried passengers and letters between Indian ports.

Fun Fact

Before passenger planes, many travellers sailed between India and England on steamers, a trip that took several weeks.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

steam

a) or
b) er
c) ar
d) ur

Show answer

b) er. Like farmer and painter, this word ends in er.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Grandpa told us about the old steammer that crossed the lake every morning.

a) morning
b) Grandpa
c) steammer
d) crossed

Show answer

c) steammer. The m stays single when the ending is added.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) ferry
b) canoe
c) submarene
d) steamer

Show answer

c) submarene. Submarine ends in ine, like marine.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

matrees

a) steamer
b) steamre
c) stemaer
d) steaner

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a) steamer. The word starts with st, just like stone and star.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a kitchen, what would you most likely cook in a steamer?

a) popcorn
b) toast
c) fried chips
d) idlis

Show answer

d) idlis

2. Where would you most likely get on board a steamer?

a) at a bus stop
b) at a jetty
c) at a railway platform
d) at an airport gate

Show answer

b) at a jetty

Associated Words

More Class 3 Summer Spell Bee words starting with st: straight, stormy, struggle, stretch, stadium, structure

More words from this list

wrinkle, blink, comic, divide, funny, joyous, native, rare

Next steps

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