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Spell Bee Word: Waitress


What does waitress mean?

Word: Waitress

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Waitress means a woman who brings food and drinks to people at their tables in a restaurant or cafe.

How do you spell waitress?

Syllables: wait - ress

Tricky part: The last sound is a hiss written with two s's, not one.

Watch out for: waitres, waittres, wateress

Memory tip: End with a long hiss, sss, and let it remind you of the two s's at the close.

Waitress in a sentence

Example 1: The waitress brought us hot dosas.

Example 2: Mumma thanked the waitress for her help.

Example 3: A waitress at the cafe told us about the special lassi.

Fun Fact

The verb wait first meant to watch closely. Someone who watched for what others needed came to wait on them, which is where waitress gets its name.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the masculine form of the word:

waitress

a) butler
b) waitor
c) waitman
d) waiter

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d) waiter. Waiter is the masculine form; waitor is a misspelling.

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

wait

a) russ
b) riss
c) rass
d) ress

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d) ress. Wait takes ress, the same ending as actress.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) custamer
b) kichen
c) resturant
d) waitress

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d) waitress. Restaurant keeps an a before the u, customer has an o, and kitchen needs a t before the ch.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The waitress brought us a plate of hot samosas and chutny.

a) samosas
b) chutny
c) plate
d) waitress

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b) chutny. Chutney ends in ey, like monkey.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which question would a waitress most likely ask you?

a) Have you returned your book?
b) What would you like to order?
c) May I see your bus ticket?
d) Have you done your homework?

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b) What would you like to order?

2. Why might a waitress carry a small notepad?

a) to count the chairs
b) to write down orders
c) to keep score in a game
d) to draw the menu pictures

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b) to write down orders

Associated Words

furioustigressarcherydifficultbagel
compassgovernordisappointmentskiingairport

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