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Spell Bee Word: digestion


Basic Details

Word: Digestion

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: The way your body breaks down the food you eat so that it can take in what it needs.

How to Spell Digestion

Syllables: di - ges - tion

Tricky part: The g sounds like j but is spelt g. The ending sounds like chun but is spelt stion, as in question.

Watch out for: dijestion, digesion, digesstion

Memory tip: Digest + ion = digestion. The end sounds like chun, yet it is spelt tion, just as in question.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Chewing your food well helps digestion.

Example 2: Eating a heavy meal late at night can upset your digestion.

Example 3: Our science chapter on digestion has a long diagram of the stomach and intestines.

Fun Fact

In an adult, the small intestine is about 6 metres long, while the wider large intestine is only about 1.5 metres long.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

digest____

a) tion
b) sion
c) ion
d) ian

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c) ion. Digest already ends in t, so adding ion gives digestion.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) congestion
b) dijestion
c) suggestion
d) question

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b) dijestion. The j sound in digestion is spelt with a g, as in digest.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

noisgedti

a) digestion
b) dictation
c) ingestion
d) direction

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a) digestion. A d sits among the letters, and ingestion has none, so the word is digestion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these body parts helps with digestion?

a) the eyes
b) the stomach
c) the lungs
d) the bones

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b) the stomach

2. Digestion is the process of ____.

a) pumping blood
b) breathing in oxygen
c) growing taller
d) breaking down food so the body can use it

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d) breaking down food so the body can use it

Associated Words

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