What does donation mean?
Word: Donation
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Donation means money or things you give to help a person, a charity or an organisation.
Synonyms: gift, contribution, offering
How do you spell donation?
Syllables: do - na - tion
Tricky part: Donate drops its final e before ion is added, and the ending is tion, never sion.
Watch out for: donasion, donatoin, donaition
Memory tip: A donation is often given with devotion, and the two words end in the same four letters, tion.
Donation in a sentence
Example 1: Our school sent a donation of blankets to the flood relief camp.
Example 2: Every rupee of the donation will go towards the new library.
Example 3: Mama makes a blood donation twice a year at the hospital.
Fun Fact
A single blood donation can help more than one patient, because the blood can be separated into red cells, plasma and platelets.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
Every class collected old storybooks, and the donnation was sent to a village library near Nashik.
a) donnation and library
b) only library
c) collected and village
d) only donnation
Show answer
d) only donnation. Donation has a single n after the o; library, collected and village are spelt correctly.
Word Puzzle
Match the words with their meanings:
1. donation 2. loan 3. reward a. something given in return for good work or help b. money or goods given freely to help others c. money lent that must be paid back
a) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
b) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
c) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
d) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
Show answer
c) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a. A donation is given freely (b), a loan must come back (c) and a reward is earned (a).
Sound Check
In which word does the 'a' sound like the a in cat?
a) donation
b) national
c) station
d) location
Show answer
b) national. National has the short a of cat; in donation, station and location the a says 'ay'.
Word Tally
You get 3 marks for each misspelt word you find in the list. How many marks will you get?
donation, charity, volunter, generous, gratitute
a) 3
b) 9
c) 12
d) 6
Show answer
d) 6. Volunteer has a double e and gratitude ends in tude, so two words are wrong: 2 x 3 = 6.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is a donation?
a) lending a pen to a classmate
b) giving old clothes to a shelter
c) swapping stickers with a friend
d) selling a bicycle to a cousin
Show answer
b) giving old clothes to a shelter
2. What do we call the person or group that receives a donation?
a) the referee
b) the resident
c) the rival
d) the recipient
Show answer
d) the recipient
