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Spell Bee Word: Celebration


What does celebration mean?

Word: Celebration

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Celebration means a happy event, such as a festival or a wedding, held to mark a special day or good news.

How do you spell celebration?

Syllables: cel - e - bra - tion

Tricky part: Children who hear shun at the end often write it with sion or shun, but the ending is tion.

Watch out for: celebrashun, celebraton, celebrasion

Memory tip: Celebrate drops its last e and takes ion: celebrat + ion = celebration. Decorate and decoration work the same way.

Celebration in a sentence

Example 1: The Diwali celebration in our colony had a rangoli contest.

Example 2: Our team's win led to a big celebration in the school hall.

Example 3: Fireworks lit up the sky at the end of the celebration.

Fun Fact

Celebration and celebrity share a Latin root, celeber, which meant crowded or famous.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) festival
b) decoration
c) selebration
d) invitation

Show answer

c) selebration. A soft c, as in city, makes the s sound at the start.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

lotbracenie

a) celebartion
b) cleebration
c) celebration
d) celerbation

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c) celebration. Find the tion ending first, then set the other seven letters in front of it.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letters to form a word:

cel_br_tion

a) e, a
b) i, a
c) i, e
d) e, e

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a) e, a. Hear the beats cel-e-bra: an e after the l, an a after the r.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: celebration

a) lesson
b) meeting
c) party
d) contest

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c) party. A party is held to celebrate; a meeting, a lesson or a contest need not be happy at all.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A school holds a Children's Day celebration. On which date is it?

a) 26 January
b) 2 October
c) 14 November
d) 15 August

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c) 14 November

2. Which is the best reason for a celebration?

a) breaking a plate
b) losing your keys
c) passing an exam
d) missing the bus

Show answer

c) passing an exam

Associated Words

broccolicapturebreakfastblisssunglass
leadhighlightqueenhurtshiny

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