Spell Bee Word: Trainer

What does trainer mean?

Word: Trainer

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Trainer means a person who teaches people or animals a skill, especially in sport or fitness. In British English, trainers are also sports shoes.

Synonyms: instructor

How do you spell trainer?

Syllables: train - er

Tricky part: Train keeps its ai, so do not drop the i.

Watch out for: traner, treiner, trianer

Memory tip: Without its i, train would read as tran, so hold on to the ai before you add anything to the end.

Trainer in a sentence

Example 1: The trainer made us run three laps of the field.

Example 2: Our dog listens to its trainer better than to us.

Example 3: Ella's swimming trainer says she is ready for the race.

Fun Fact

The verb train first meant to drag or pull something along, from the Old French trainer. A railway train is pulled along in the same way, which is how one word came to name both.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

train

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

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c) er. Train takes er for the person who trains, as in teacher.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) athelete
b) trainer
c) instructor
d) exercise

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a) athelete. Athlete has no e between the th and the l; the other three are spelt right.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

trainer

a) referee
b) student
c) player
d) coach

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d) coach. A coach is a trainer; the player and student are the ones being trained.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

trainner

a) r
b) n
c) a
d) i

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b) n. Train ends in a single n, and trainer keeps just that one.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is a trainer?

a) a boy who collects toy trains
b) a woman who drives a train
c) a girl who sells train tickets
d) a man who teaches dogs to obey

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d) a man who teaches dogs to obey

2. What does a swimming trainer do?

a) cleans the pool
b) helps swimmers improve
c) sells swimming caps
d) checks tickets at the gate

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b) helps swimmers improve

Associated Words

Words that end in -ner: container, conditioner, fastener, inner, beginner, gardener

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Next steps

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