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Spell Bee Word: Writer


What does writer mean?

Word: Writer

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Writer means a person who writes stories, poems, books or articles.

How do you spell writer?

Syllables: wri - ter

Tricky part: Writer has only one t. Children often double it because written has tt.

Watch out for: writter, wrighter

Memory tip: Writer keeps the single t of write. Only written doubles it.

Writer in a sentence

Example 1: My favourite writer has written many stories about the hills.

Example 2: My aunt is a writer for a newspaper.

Example 3: A writer needs a quiet place to think.

Fun Fact

Some writers use a made-up name on their books, called a pen name. Dr Seuss was the pen name of Theodor Geisel.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) wrieter
b) wryter
c) riter
d) writer

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d) writer. Keep the silent w, then a plain i with no e beside it.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

writer

a) singer
b) painter
c) author
d) reader

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c) author. An author is a person who writes books.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

retwir

a) wrtier
b) writer
c) wirter
d) rwiter

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b) writer. Spot the silent-w start, then build the rest of the word around the i.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The writor signed my copy of her new book.

a) writor
b) signed
c) copy
d) book

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a) writor. A writer is a person who writes, so the word ends in er, as reader does.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is a well-known writer?

a) Sunil Chhetri
b) Neeraj Chopra
c) P V Sindhu
d) Ruskin Bond

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d) Ruskin Bond

2. What do we call a writer of poems?

a) a porter
b) a poet
c) a pilot
d) a potter

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b) a poet

Associated Words

Words that end in -ter: firefighter, scooter, laughter, sweater, granddaughter, water

More words from this list

beauty, cheerful, doubt, gallery, knee, panther, salad, summer

Next steps

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