What does transfer mean?
Word: Transfer
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Transfer means to take or send someone or something from one place, group or person to another. As a noun, a transfer is a change of this kind.
Synonyms: shift
How do you spell transfer?
Syllables: trans - fer
Tricky part: The ending sounds like fur but is spelt -fer. When -ed or -ing is added the r doubles (transferred, transferring), but transferable keeps one r.
Watch out for: transfur, transfir
Memory tip: Prefer, refer, transfer: all three end in the same -fer.
Transfer in a sentence
Example 1: My cousin will transfer to a school in Mysuru next term.
Example 2: Please transfer the photos from your phone to the laptop.
Example 3: The library transferred its old newspapers to a bigger room.
Fun Fact
Football clubs can buy and sell players only during set periods of the year known as transfer windows.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
transfer
a) move
b) mend
c) keep
d) hide
Show answer
a) move. Both words mean taking something from one place to another; keeping, hiding and mending leave it where it is.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) admision
b) transfer
c) ocasion
d) shiftting
Show answer
b) transfer. Admission has a double s, occasion a double c, and shifting a single t.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
tr_n_fer
a) a, z
b) e, s
c) e, z
d) a, s
Show answer
d) a, s. The opening part is the trans- of transport, which means across.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
fsertanr
a) transfer
b) transform
c) translate
d) transport
Show answer
a) transfer. Transport needs an o and a p, transform an o and an m, and translate an l.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When Ravi transfers money to his sister's bank account, the money ____.
a) stays in the bank's own safe
b) is printed as fresh notes
c) reaches her account from his
d) is changed into coins
Show answer
c) reaches her account from his
2. Priya's father got a transfer to Kolkata. What happened?
a) he bought a new flat there
b) his office sent him to work there
c) he went there on a short holiday
d) he left his job for good
Show answer
b) his office sent him to work there
