What does excursion mean?
Word: Excursion
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Excursion means a short trip, usually by a group, made for pleasure or to learn something, such as a class visit to a museum or a fort.
Synonyms: trip, tour, expedition
How do you spell excursion?
Syllables: ex - cur - sion
Tricky part: Students often leave out the c after the x, or write cer or kur for the middle syllable.
Watch out for: exkursion, excersion, exursion
Memory tip: The cur in the middle comes from Latin currere, to run, as in current and cursor: on an excursion you run out of town for the day.
Excursion in a sentence
Example 1: Our class went on an excursion to the Kanheri Caves last Saturday.
Example 2: The excursion to the tea gardens was the best part of our Darjeeling holiday.
Example 3: Each student paid two hundred rupees for the science excursion.
Fun Fact
Thomas Cook's first organised trip, in 1841, was a rail excursion in England that carried about 500 people from Leicester to Loughborough.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word excursion as used in the sentence:
The nature club is planning an excursion to the bird sanctuary at Bharatpur.
a) detour
b) outing
c) assembly
d) seminar
Show answer
b) outing. A day out to a bird sanctuary is an outing.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Before the school excurtion to the planetarium, the teacher collected permission slips, checked the bus list and reminded everyone to carry water bottles.
a) planetarium
b) reminded
c) excurtion
d) permission
Show answer
c) excurtion. Excursion ends in sion, the same sound spelt the same way as in permission.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
The museum offers a cheap rinocexus for schools on weekdays.
a) extrusion
b) exertion
c) excursion
d) exclusion
Show answer
c) excursion. Exclusion needs an l and exertion a t, so a museum's cheap trip spells excursion.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one word in the list is spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of that word.
1. excursion 2. itinery 3. sovenir 4. luggaje
a) a plan of the places to visit on a trip
b) a short trip made for pleasure or learning
c) something kept to remember a place
d) the bags and cases you take on a trip
Show answer
b) a short trip made for pleasure or learning. Itinerary has ar, souvenir has ou and luggage ends in age; excursion is the correct one.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which outing below is best described as an excursion?
a) the daily bus ride to school
b) a class day trip to the Salar Jung Museum
c) a month-long stay at a hostel
d) a family's move to a new city
Show answer
b) a class day trip to the Salar Jung Museum
2. A singer's brief excursion into acting means she ____.
a) tried acting for a short time
b) gave up singing for good
c) refused every acting role
d) trained actors for years
Show answer
a) tried acting for a short time
