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Spell Bee Word: emotional


Basic Details

Word: Emotional

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: To do with feelings, or showing strong feelings such as joy, sadness or love.

Synonyms: sentimental, touching

Antonyms: unemotional, calm

How to Spell Emotional

Syllables: e - mo - tion - al

Tricky part: The middle is tion, not sion. Then al is added, with no extra n and no e.

Watch out for: emosional, emotionel, emotinal

Memory tip: Put e in front of motion, then add al: e + motion + al. Strong feelings set your heart in motion.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Nani became emotional when she saw her old school after fifty years.

Example 2: The farewell speech was so emotional that many teachers cried.

Example 3: Moving to a new city can be an emotional time for a child.

Fun Fact

Emotion comes from the French emouvoir, to stir up, which goes back to the Latin emovere, to move out.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

emotion__

a) el
b) al
c) ol
d) le

Show answer

b) al. Emotion takes al to become a describing word, as nation becomes national.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

emotionnal

a) o
b) t
c) n
d) a

Show answer

c) n. Emotion ends in one n, and al joins on without doubling it.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) anxios
b) emotional
c) nervouse
d) sentamental

Show answer

b) emotional. Sentimental, nervous and anxious are feeling words too, but here each one is spelt wrongly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word best describes a film that makes many people cry?

a) careless
b) noisy
c) comic
d) emotional

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d) emotional

2. Emotional is formed from the noun ____.

a) moisture
b) emotion
c) motel
d) mention

Show answer

b) emotion

Associated Words

panicexceptionbacktrackdyedessert
crumblecompulsionbackgroundeditionhearty

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