What does emotion mean?
Word: Emotion
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Emotion means a strong state of mind such as joy, anger, fear or love.
Synonyms: passion, sentiment
How do you spell emotion?
Syllables: e - mo - tion
Tricky part: There is only one m, and the ending is -tion. Students write emosion or double the m.
Watch out for: emosion, emmotion, emoshun
Memory tip: The word for a strong feeling ends the way station and nation do: the sh sound at the end is written tion, never sion.
Emotion in a sentence
Example 1: Her voice shook with emotion as she thanked her teachers.
Example 2: Fear is a useful emotion when you stand near a cliff edge.
Example 3: The actor showed every emotion without saying a word.
Fun Fact
The psychologist Paul Ekman found that people in many different cultures recognise the same facial expressions for basic emotions such as happiness, fear and anger.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Three words in the list are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word.
1. anxiety 2. jealousy 3. gratetude 4. emotion
a) worry or nervousness about what may happen
b) envy of what someone else has
c) a strong state of mind such as joy or fear
d) thankfulness for help or kindness
Show answer
d) thankfulness for help or kindness. Gratetude has e where the i belongs; anxiety, jealousy and emotion are spelt correctly.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word emotion as used in the sentence:
Grandma was overcome by emotion when she held her first grandchild.
a) feeling
b) hunger
c) tiredness
d) silence
Show answer
a) feeling. Being overcome by emotion means being flooded with strong feeling.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters in the sentence:
Music can stir deep oeimton in people of every age.
a) emoticon
b) emotion
c) demotion
d) commotion
Show answer
b) emotion. The jumble holds no c or d, and that rules out emoticon, commotion and demotion.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The children could not hide their emotion when the old school watchman retired after thirty years of loyal servise.
a) retired
b) emotion
c) watchman
d) servise
Show answer
d) servise. Service is spelt with a c before the final e; emotion, watchman and retired are correct.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is an emotion?
a) height
b) distance
c) weight
d) pride
Show answer
d) pride
2. An emotional farewell is one that ____.
a) has no guests
b) touches everyone's heart
c) is very short
d) takes place at night
Show answer
b) touches everyone's heart
