What does conversion mean?
Word: Conversion
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Conversion means the act of changing something from one form, use or system into another.
Synonyms: change, transformation, switch, adaptation
How do you spell conversion?
Syllables: con - ver - sion
Tricky part: The ending sounds like shun but is spelt sion here, not tion, so convertion is the slip to avoid.
Watch out for: convertion, converzion, convershion
Memory tip: The shun sound at the end is spelt sion, as it is in television and decision.
Conversion in a sentence
Example 1: The conversion of water into steam needs heat.
Example 2: Our maths homework was on the conversion of fractions into decimals.
Example 3: The solar panels on our roof carry out the conversion of sunlight into electricity.
Fun Fact
In rugby union, after a team scores a try it gets a kick at goal called a conversion, worth two extra points.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) embarassed
b) conversion
c) accomodate
d) goverment
Show answer
b) conversion. Accommodate and embarrassed each double two letters, and government keeps the n of govern.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
c_nv_rsion
a) o, a
b) o, e
c) o, i
d) a, e
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b) o, e. The word opens with con, as concert does, and its middle beat is ver, as at the start of verse.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
converrsion
a) s
b) v
c) n
d) r
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d) r. A single r closes the middle beat, ver, before the ending begins.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
neoonicrvs
a) convention
b) conversation
c) confession
d) conversion
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d) conversion. Begin with con, then find ver and sion in what is left: there is no t for conversation or convention, and no f for confession.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Before flying to London, Dad stopped at a money conversion counter at the airport. He went there to ____.
a) swap his dollars for pounds
b) leave his bags for a week
c) check the time of his flight
d) buy a snack for the flight
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a) swap his dollars for pounds
2. An example of a conversion is ____.
a) parking an old bus in the depot
b) turning an old bus into a library
c) painting an old bus the same colour
d) counting the seats on an old bus
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b) turning an old bus into a library
