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Spell Bee Word: Ambition


What does ambition mean?

Word: Ambition

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Ambition means a strong wish to do or become something important.

Synonyms: aim, dream

How do you spell ambition?

Syllables: am - bi - tion

Tricky part: The start is amb, not emb. Children who hear em at the front often write embition.

Watch out for: embition, ambetion

Memory tip: Ambition opens with am, as in I am going to be a pilot.

Ambition in a sentence

Example 1: Her ambition is to become a scientist at ISRO.

Example 2: Without ambition, it is hard to keep practising.

Example 3: Raju's only ambition this summer was to learn to swim.

Fun Fact

In ancient Rome, the Latin word ambitio described candidates walking around the city asking people for votes.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

My cousin's ambision is to play cricket for India one day.

a) India
b) cousin's
c) cricket
d) ambision

Show answer

d) ambision. The ending of ambition is tion, not sion.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: ambition

a) fear
b) goal
c) failure
d) laziness

Show answer

b) goal. A goal is something you want to reach, like an ambition.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nitmaboi

a) ambotiin
b) ambitoin
c) ambition
d) ambiiton

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c) ambition. Put amb at the front, then build the rest of the word after it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) ambition
b) enginear
c) sientist
d) astronot

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a) ambition. Scientist needs a c after the s, astronaut ends in naut and engineer ends in eer; ambition is right.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sentence talks about an ambition?

a) It rained all day when we were in Shimla.
b) I climbed the stairs to our flat today.
c) My bag is blue with two zip pockets.
d) I want to climb Mount Everest one day.

Show answer

d) I want to climb Mount Everest one day.

2. An ambition is usually about ____.

a) the weather
b) the future
c) a meal you ate
d) yesterday

Show answer

b) the future

Associated Words

hurtauthorsympathystinkingweak
followdedicatepuppetextraordinaryimprovement

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