What does exertion mean?
Word: Exertion
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Exertion means hard work of the body or mind, the kind that leaves you tired.
Synonyms: strain, toil
Antonyms: rest, ease, relaxation
How do you spell exertion?
Syllables: ex - er - tion
Tricky part: The ending is tion, though some write sion because it sounds like shun.
Watch out for: exersion, exertian, exershun
Memory tip: T-I-O-N: 'Tired? It's Over Now' - the shun at the end of exertion is spelt t-i-o-n.
Exertion in a sentence
Example 1: After the long climb to Tiger Hill, the porters rested to recover from the exertion.
Example 2: The doctor told Nana to avoid heavy exertion for a month.
Example 3: Her face was red with exertion after the hundred-metre sprint.
Fun Fact
During hard exertion a young person's heart can beat more than twice as fast as it does at rest.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Three words in the list are spelt correctly and one is misspelt. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word.
1. exurtion 2. endurance 3. agility 4. perspiration
a) the ability to move quickly and easily
b) hard work of the body or mind
c) the sweat on your skin after hard work
d) the ability to keep going through something long and hard
Show answer
b) hard work of the body or mind. Exurtion has a u in place of an e, so it is the misspelt word; endurance, perspiration and agility are fine.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
After a whole morning of planting saplings on the hillside, the volunteers sat under a banyan tree to recover from the excertion before the long walk back.
a) excertion
b) volunteers
c) saplings
d) recover
Show answer
a) excertion. Exertion has no c after its x, unlike excerpt and except.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word exertion as used in the sentence:
Lifting the heavy cupboard up three floors took a great deal of exertion.
a) courage
b) planning
c) effort
d) patience
Show answer
c) effort. Exertion is effort, the hard work your body puts in.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
Gardening for three hours in the sun was more toxinere than Nani had expected.
a) exertion
b) exemption
c) exception
d) excursion
Show answer
a) exertion. Exemption and exception need a p, and excursion a c, u and s; these letters give exertion.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which activity needs the most exertion?
a) sleeping in on a Sunday morning
b) reading a comic on the sofa
c) watching a film in the cinema
d) carrying a heavy suitcase up five floors
Show answer
d) carrying a heavy suitcase up five floors
2. After a bad fever, a doctor may tell you to avoid exertion. You should ____.
a) eat only cold food
b) study late into the night
c) skip games and heavy lifting
d) drink less water than usual
Show answer
c) skip games and heavy lifting
