What does evaluation mean?
Word: Evaluation
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Evaluation means judging how good, useful or correct something is, often by checking or testing it.
Synonyms: judgement, review
How do you spell evaluation?
Syllables: e - val - u - a - tion
Tricky part: There is only one l, even though the word is said quickly around it.
Watch out for: evaluasion, evaluaton, evalluation
Memory tip: Value has only one l, and evaluation, which is built on it, keeps that single l.
Evaluation in a sentence
Example 1: The evaluation of our art projects will be done by a visiting artist.
Example 2: After the evaluation, the coach picked the team for the match.
Example 3: Every term ends with a written evaluation in each subject.
Fun Fact
Evaluate was formed in English in the 1800s, working backwards from the older word evaluation, which came from French and is built on the word value.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
evaluate
a) sion
b) ion
c) ance
d) ment
Show answer
b) ion. Evaluate loses its final e before ion, just as educate does in education.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
evaluattion
a) u
b) t
c) a
d) v
Show answer
b) t. One t is enough before the ion.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
lauvetonia
a) evacuation
b) valuation
c) elevation
d) evaluation
Show answer
d) evaluation. Valuation is one letter short and the others need a c or a second e; evaluation fits.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word: evaluation
a) instruction
b) assessment
c) explanation
d) preparation
Show answer
b) assessment. An assessment checks how good something is, just as an evaluation does.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. At a cookery contest, who carries out the evaluation of the dishes?
a) The cooks
b) The waiters
c) The judges
d) The cleaners
Show answer
c) The judges
2. A self-evaluation is when you...
a) check how well you did yourself
b) show your work to your parents
c) check a friend's work
d) copy a classmate's work
Show answer
a) check how well you did yourself
