Basic Details
Word: Championship
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A competition held to find the best player or team; also the title of champion.
Synonyms: tournament, competition, contest
How to Spell Championship
Syllables: cham - pi - on - ship
Tricky part: Champion is the hard part: after champ comes i, then on. Children write champian or champoin. Then add ship.
Watch out for: champianship, champoinship, chempionship
Memory tip: Say cham-pee-on slowly: the pee sound is the i, the on is on. Then hook ship on the end.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Our school won the inter-school kabaddi championship this year.
Example 2: She trained every morning for the national swimming championship.
Example 3: The chess championship lasted for nine rounds.
Fun Fact
Wimbledon, first played in 1877, is usually called the oldest tennis tournament in the world.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
champion
a) shipp
b) ship
c) shep
d) chip
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b) ship. The ending ship turns a person word into a state or event, as in friendship.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: championship
a) tournament
b) trophy
c) practice
d) defeat
Show answer
a) tournament. A tournament is a set of matches to find the winner.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) atheletics
b) championship
c) particapant
d) referree
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b) championship. Participant has ici in the middle, athletics has no e after th, and referee has one r before ee.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our school hockey team reached the final of the state champianship last winter.
a) champianship
b) reached
c) hockey
d) winter
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a) champianship. Champion has io after the p.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What happens at a championship?
a) players compete to find the best
b) people buy tickets for a film
c) students sit a spelling test
d) farmers sell vegetables
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a) players compete to find the best
2. The winner of a championship is called the ____.
a) chancellor
b) challenger
c) chairperson
d) champion
Show answer
d) champion
