What does concentration mean?
Word: Concentration
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Concentration means the ability to keep your mind fixed on one thing. In science, it is also the amount of a substance in a liquid or a mixture.
How do you spell concentration?
Syllables: con - cen - tra - tion
Tricky part: The second beat sounds like sen, but it is written with a c. Consentration is a very common slip.
Watch out for: consentration, concentation
Memory tip: Put the centre in it: concentration has the same c-e-n as centre, as if you hold your mind at the centre of one task.
Concentration in a sentence
Example 1: Chess needs deep concentration, so Kavya plays in a quiet room.
Example 2: The noise from the road broke my concentration during the test.
Example 3: In the experiment we measured the concentration of salt in seawater.
Fun Fact
Concentrate first meant to bring things together towards a centre. That is why a concentrated juice has less water and more fruit packed into each spoonful.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
concentration
a) attention
b) distraction
c) effort
d) focus
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b) distraction. Focus, attention and effort all go with concentration; a distraction pulls your mind away.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Playing the veena for an hour each evening has slowly improved my concentrasion and my patience.
a) concentrasion
b) evening
c) patience
d) improved
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a) concentrasion. The last part is the tion found in station and nation.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) concentretion
b) imagination
c) determination
d) dedication
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a) concentretion. The vowel after the r is a, as in train.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
tinocnorncaet
a) consternation
b) conversation
c) contamination
d) concentration
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d) concentration. Consternation needs an s, contamination an m, and conversation a v, so the letters only make concentration.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A batsman needs good concentration mainly so that he can ____.
a) watch every ball closely
b) talk to the crowd
c) buy a lighter bat
d) travel to more grounds
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a) watch every ball closely
2. If the concentration of sugar in a drink is high, the drink is ____.
a) very cold
b) very fizzy
c) very pale
d) very sweet
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d) very sweet
