What does collision mean?
Word: Collision
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Collision means an accident in which two moving things, such as cars or trains, hit each other.
Synonyms: impact, smash
How do you spell collision?
Syllables: col - li - sion
Tricky part: There is a double l, from collide, and the shun sound at the end is spelt with s, not t.
Watch out for: colision, collition, collesion
Memory tip: When two cars collide there are two of them, so collision has two l's.
Collision in a sentence
Example 1: Two bicycles had a collision at the corner of our lane.
Example 2: The bus driver braked hard to avoid a collision with a cow.
Example 3: Nobody was hurt in the collision, but both cars were dented.
Fun Fact
In 2022 NASA steered its DART spacecraft into a collision with a small asteroid called Dimorphos, and the hit shortened the asteroid's orbit: the first test of nudging an asteroid off its path.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: collision
a) crash
b) delay
c) rescue
d) escape
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a) crash. A crash is two things hitting each other.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
c_llis_on
a) o, i
b) a, i
c) o, e
d) u, i
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a) o, i. The first vowel is the o of col, and the ending is ion.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) pedestrain
b) vehical
c) intersecton
d) collision
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d) collision. Vehicle ends in cle, pedestrian has ia, and intersection ends in tion.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
sinolicol
a) collision
b) collusion
c) coalition
d) conclusion
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a) collision. Collusion and conclusion have a u, coalition has a t and an a, so the letters spell collision.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In which event has a collision happened?
a) two scooters bumped into each other
b) a bus broke down on a bridge
c) a cyclist braked hard at a signal
d) a car skidded on a wet road
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a) two scooters bumped into each other
2. Which phrase describes a near collision?
a) a car was towed away
b) two cars raced side by side
c) two cars almost hit each other
d) a car ran out of petrol
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c) two cars almost hit each other
