What does election mean?
Word: Election
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Election means a process in which people choose someone, such as a leader or a class monitor, by voting.
Synonyms: vote, ballot
How do you spell election?
Syllables: e - lec - tion
Tricky part: It starts with e, not i, and the second vowel is an e too: e-lec-tion. Students often write an i at the start or an a in the middle.
Watch out for: elecsion, ilection, elaction
Memory tip: An election is where you elect someone, so start with the e of elect, never an i.
Election in a sentence
Example 1: Our school holds an election every July to choose the head boy and head girl.
Example 2: On election day, our school hall was turned into a voting centre.
Example 3: The candidates gave short speeches before the election.
Fun Fact
In 1893 New Zealand became the first self-governing country where women had their say in a general election.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
elect
a) ition
b) ian
c) sion
d) ion
Show answer
d) ion. Elect already ends in t, so adding ion gives the tion ending.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
election
a) protest
b) ceremony
c) budget
d) poll
Show answer
d) poll. A poll is a vote, which is what an election is.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) election
b) campain
c) ballott
d) candidat
Show answer
a) election. It should be candidate, ballot and campaign.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our class held an election to choose a new monitor, and Hannah won by just three vots.
a) election
b) monitor
c) vots
d) choose
Show answer
c) vots. Votes keeps the e of vote.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In a by-election, voters choose ____.
a) someone to fill one empty seat
b) the captain of a sports team
c) the judges of the high court
d) the whole parliament at once
Show answer
a) someone to fill one empty seat
2. What does the indelible ink on a voter's finger show?
a) that the person is a teacher
b) that the person has paid a bill
c) that the person has voted
d) that the person is ill
Show answer
c) that the person has voted
